Getting my computers to talk to each other

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I've tried to set up a wireless network but I can't seem
to share files or the printer. My main computer
recognizes that there is a laptop with a wireless card,
but when I click on it it says that I do not have
permission or access to it. Conversely, on the laptop, it
doesn't even recognize that there is a desktop at all, and
when I click on view network computers it only shows the
laptop. Any thoughts? Is it possible to just start over?
 
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.... is not accessible

Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Network path was not found."

Resolutions:
1) make sure no any firewall running.
2) make sure you have created the same workgroup, and the same username on
w2k/xp for logging on a remote computer.
3) check user's rights.
4) you may want to enable guest account on w2k/xp.
5) if you are using simple file sharing, you may try to disable it and
re-share the drive manually.
6) if it is mixed OS (win98, NT, ME and W2K/XP) network, enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.
7) make sure the Computer Browser service is started if all computers are
w2k/xp.
8) stop Computer Browser service on win9x, ME and NT if this is a mixed OS
network.
9) cache credential by using net use \\computername\share /user:username
command (it is better to have the username logon shared computer).
10) if you have tried enabling netbios over tcp/ip but doesn't work, you may
try to load netbeui (loading netbeui may slow your network).
11) Make sure the server service is running.
12) If you can see the share in Network Neighborhood but not access it, this
issue may be resolved by verifying that both the share permissions and the
NTFS partition permissions are correctly configured for individual user or
group access.
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It sounds like your remote user id is not authorised to see the contents of the hard drive. There are two security settings defined for a drive, one under properties (security), and one called sharing.

At home I have a work group, and my user id on the laptop is different to that of the main computer, to allow my laptop see the main computer, I ended up having to create the laptops user id on the main computer, and give the user security permissions to the main computer's hard drive.
 
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