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Can't connect to XP box anymore, "Error -41"
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Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Madison, WI
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My connection to an XP Pro box has been working fine for the past year or so, but today when I try to connect, it gives me an "Error -41" when authenticating and mounting a volume. The connection previously worked fine through either smb://computername or smb://IP address. I'm guessing it has to do with one of the recent XP security updates. I even tried turning off the XP firewall, but that didn't help. Rebooting the XP box didn't help either.
Edit: Connecting from a Mac running 10.4.2
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Last edited by Macola; Oct 14, 2005 at 11:29 AM.
Reason: More info)
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Have you tried restarting your Mac? I've seen that noted as an "error -41" fix. I've also seen mention that removing the XP box from a domain fixed things-and XP prefers to be in a domain anyway, so it could be that something updated in XP that altered the domain settings.
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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I did try restarting the Mac and the PC is not signed on to a domain. After checking some more, I remembered that I had recently installed AVG Antivirus, since my Norton subscription had expired. I uninstalled it, and sure enough, my Mac connected to the PC just fine. I'll have to check their support docs--I'd hate to leave a PC without antivirus software on it.
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There's gotta be some setting in AVG that lets you control its firewall-like behavior. Filesharing is not justs a luxury for most people with more than one computer...
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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Originally Posted by ghporter
There's gotta be some setting in AVG that lets you control its firewall-like behavior. Filesharing is not justs a luxury for most people with more than one computer...
It's pretty weird, I know...and this isn't even the version of AVG that includes a personal firewall. I tried reinstalling it and disabling the "ResidentShield" functions to the point where it was basically useless, but I still had the problem connecting. I suspect it's a problem with some registry entries. Their support page doesn't mention anything about this problem, although Googling shows a few folks have had similar problems (Error -41) with ZoneAlarm.
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