cannot access files over network

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Jerryc

Help,

I have a desktop and laptop both running XP Home. A
wireless router is connected to the desktop through it's
NIC card. The laptop has a builtin wireless card. The
laptop is NTFS and the Desktop is FAT32.

I can surf the web with either computer, I can access the
printers connected to the desktop with either computer
and I can access shared laptop files from the desktop.

What I can't do is access shared desktop files from the
laptop. I tried the following with no help.

1. disabled Norton Internet Security on both computers.
2. Unchecked the XP firewall on both computers.
3. Made sure that any files I wanted to access are in
shared folders.

Both computers are workgroup name MSHOME and each has
only one administrator. The error message I get each time
is \\<computer name>\ (The correct computer name is seen)
is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. contact the administrator etc. etc.

Thanks,
Jerryc
 
what do you get if using net view \\laptopname from desktop? also have you
check the NTFS security permission.

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if logon as administrator, can you access the sharing files? or try to
enable guest account.

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