Greetings --
I don't know what you've been reading, but networking Windows (any
variety)machines is usually fairly simple and straight-forward.
On the WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with password(s),
that have the desired access privileges to the desired shares. Log on
to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be able to
access the designated shares, provided your network is configured
properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall
is disabled on the internal LAN connection.
Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:
Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp
Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm
PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm
Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
Bruce Chambers
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Rob said:
It sounds like everything I've seen on google searches and on this
site indicates that there is a big problem with XP Pro doing
peer2peer. Has anyone had this error and fixed it? I've tried
everything. I still get, You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Microsoft needs to do a better explanation than
netbios over tcp/ip and restart the computer browser. That does not
work.
