my xp can see my vista in the network, but cannot open any folder

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I have a network with one xp and one vista. i used the same name for the
workgroup. i can see my xp in vista, and i can add and change and delete any
file in the xp through the network, but in my xp, i can see the vista in the
workgroup, but I can only access public folders, but not other folders in c
and f drives in the vista.
i have allowed sharing in the vista. the error message is that i dont have
the permission to access any folders in vista.

pls help.
 
I have a network with one xp and one vista. i used the same name for the
workgroup. i can see my xp in vista, and i can add and change and delete any
file in the xp through the network, but in my xp, i can see the vista in the
workgroup, but I can only access public folders, but not other folders in c
and f drives in the vista.
i have allowed sharing in the vista. the error message is that i dont have
the permission to access any folders in vista.

pls help.
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What "sharing" have you enabled? Public folder, maybe?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

If you're going to allow access to anything other than public folders, you have
to setup an account for sharing, and you have to permission the folders in
question. None of that is done for you, you have to do it yourself.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
Thanks for the reply. I allowed sharing on my c and f drive in vista, but my
xp stll could not open or explore the drives. I installed Norton 360. any
possibility that this has blocked my xp?



Chuck said:
I have a network with one xp and one vista. i used the same name for the
workgroup. i can see my xp in vista, and i can add and change and delete any
file in the xp through the network, but in my xp, i can see the vista in the
workgroup, but I can only access public folders, but not other folders in c
and f drives in the vista.
i have allowed sharing in the vista. the error message is that i dont have
the permission to access any folders in vista.

pls help.
Click to expand...

What "sharing" have you enabled? Public folder, maybe?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

If you're going to allow access to anything other than public folders, you have
to setup an account for sharing, and you have to permission the folders in
question. None of that is done for you, you have to do it yourself.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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Thanks for the reply. I allowed sharing on my c and f drive in vista, but my
xp stll could not open or explore the drives. I installed Norton 360. any
possibility that this has blocked my xp?
Click to expand...

Norton contains an anti-worm component that will block Server Message Blocks,
just like a personal firewall will. You have to either configure it properly,
or un install N360, religiously using instructions from Symantec.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
Just to add to what Chuck had to say Norton has a removal tool that works
well if you want to remove it all as shown in the link below.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

But first I would try disabling the worm protection and/or booting into Safe
Mode with networking to see if you can access the shares then and if so that
would definitely indicate a problem with some application filtering IP
traffic. Access denied or lack of permissions problems mean you need to
create user accounts on the Vista computer that have passwords and then you
log onto another computer on the network with that user account/password to
try and access the shares and the share AND NTFS [folder properties -
security] permissions need to include the user or a group the user is a
member of such as everyone or users. Note that personal firewalls on client
computer can also block access to shares on another computer which is a
common problem if the firewall does not trust the local network. Also try to
access computer with share by it's IP as in \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\sharename in
case name resolution problems are at fault.

Steve


ming369369 said:
Thanks for the reply. I allowed sharing on my c and f drive in vista, but
my
xp stll could not open or explore the drives. I installed Norton 360. any
possibility that this has blocked my xp?



Chuck said:
I have a network with one xp and one vista. i used the same name for the
workgroup. i can see my xp in vista, and i can add and change and delete
any
file in the xp through the network, but in my xp, i can see the vista in
the
workgroup, but I can only access public folders, but not other folders
in c
and f drives in the vista.
i have allowed sharing in the vista. the error message is that i dont
have
the permission to access any folders in vista.

pls help.
Click to expand...

What "sharing" have you enabled? Public folder, maybe?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

If you're going to allow access to anything other than public folders,
you have
to setup an account for sharing, and you have to permission the folders
in
question. None of that is done for you, you have to do it yourself.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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Hi
I followed your advice but still could not access my vista from xp. I see
the folder in the network map though. I had assiged those two drive to share
and in the vista, when i clicked "show the folders you want to share" they
are there, but i just could not access them

thanks


Chuck said:
Thanks for the reply. I allowed sharing on my c and f drive in vista, but my
xp stll could not open or explore the drives. I installed Norton 360. any
possibility that this has blocked my xp?
Click to expand...

Norton contains an anti-worm component that will block Server Message Blocks,
just like a personal firewall will. You have to either configure it properly,
or un install N360, religiously using instructions from Symantec.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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