Access denied on desktop

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The Poet

Apologies to the group if this has already been discussed
BUT!

I have a desktop running XP pro connecting by WiFi to a
Netgear ADSL modem gateway.The netgear acts as the access
point.
this connection works fine with the desktop accessing
the 'net okay.
I have a Sony vaio that connects the same way with no
problem.

The desktop can see and connect to the laptop by WiFi but
the laptop cannot access the desktop.

I have the guest account enabled on the desktop which I
understand is required for network users.
The workgroup name is Cosmos on both machines.
I am only running tcp/ip on both machines and wonder if
any other network protocol is required?
I am unable to ping the desktop from the laptop but can
ping the netgear.
computer browser is running on the desktop.
The only problem I have is when trying to set up the
workgroup on the vaio laptop is a subsystem spooler error
message.

The shared drives and printers show up ok on the desktop
as shared resources. Do I need to go back to the old
style filesharing and permissions a la NT4./Win2K.

Any ideas etc would be gratefully received

Alan
 
As you cannot delete a post(apparently) please ignore
this thread however out of interest I did find the answer
to my problem at the following Knowledge base article
318030. Swtiching on NetBios over TCP/IP from the default
setting to setting two out of the three available worked.
I then setup my network places by adding to them on the
My Network Places tab.I am now able to network print from
the laptop and also connect to the desktop machine .
I hope this helps anyone else who has had a similar
problem.

All the best

Alan
 
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