Cannot access share on XP PC

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I have a shared drive on an XP PC, which I can access from another XP laptop
no problem. If I try and access it from my Vista laptop, I can see the
computer and the shared drives on it OK, but when I try and open the shared
drive i get the following error after a couple of minutes.

\\xppcname\shareddirectoryname is not accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. contact the administrator of the
server to find out if you have access permissions. The specified network
name is no longer available.

I do not see anything wrong with the security, but it is a long time since I
set up the XP pc. Is this likely to be a vista problem, given the xp laptop
works ok, or have I got something wrong with my security.

I cannot connect to a printer on this shared pc either.. :-(

Any hints gratefully accepted..

Iain
 
I have also just tried connecting to the public folder on the vista pc from
the xp pc. I can see the folder ok, I can create a new folder in it from
the other PC, but if I try and copy an MP3 file to that folder, I get Cannot
copy filename, the path is too deep. If I copy a text file from the desktop
to the public folder it works. if I copy the MP3 file, I get that error.

This is all really frustrating. Stuff that seems to work really easily
between my XP machines seems to be completely broken from the Vista
laptop.... Not much wow so far :-(

Iain
 
Iain-M said:
I have also just tried connecting to the public folder on the vista pc from
the xp pc. I can see the folder ok, I can create a new folder in it from
the other PC, but if I try and copy an MP3 file to that folder, I get
Cannot copy filename, the path is too deep. If I copy a text file from the
desktop to the public folder it works. if I copy the MP3 file, I get that
error.

This is all really frustrating. Stuff that seems to work really easily
between my XP machines seems to be completely broken from the Vista
laptop.... Not much wow so far :-(
Click to expand...

This is all too common -- in fact, I think most people with the Vista/XP
configuration who want to share folders have this. Unfortunately, there are
people who provide solutions that don't work. Perhaps after many hours
(days?) of fiddling with these "solutions" you may be lucky in making it
work, but most of us who tried are still stuck with using only the Public
folder.

Will Microsoft fix this by making the Vista/XP connection a "simple file
sharing" solution as it was with XP and ME? Probably not.

Good luck.
 
Hi Eric,

I had seen that, but went through it again without much luck. i have my
worgroup name set up same, file sharing enabled, Password access switched
off, etc..

I then tried some lateral thinking and connected the laptop with a network
cable and switched off the wireless network, and lo and behold pretty much
everything appears to be working... So it is something to do with wireless
networking... File sharing is working fine via a hard-wired connection...

Too tired to investigate further onight, and looks like I have a workaround
for now. Strange though, as internet access was working fine via wireless,
and the XP laptop is fine on wireless.

Iain.
 
System error 51 "windows cannot find the network path" could be name
resolution, firewall and computer browser issue. Can you net view using XP
IP, for example net view \\192.168.0.2?

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or just typing in \\ipaddress in the Explorer Window.

Also, try pinging the other computer: Open a command prompt and type
in -
ping 192.168.0.2 (replace 192.168.0.2 with an IP Address of one of the
other computers). Do you get an answer?
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
As mentioned before, system error 51 is firewall, name resolution issue.
Since we fixed the system error 51 by enabling "File and Printer Sharing for
Microsoft Network Connections", system error 5 could be permission issue.
This link may help,

Vista Permission IssuesPost Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:14 am Post subject:
How to: check permissions using Vista icacls command, Reply with quote . ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm


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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
 
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