Network Connection Problem

[its_my_dime]

Home network using a router. Windows XP SP2. Three computers: Desktop.
Laptop 1. Laptop 2.

With My Network Places open: In Desktop, shared folders for Desktop and
Laptop 1 are shown. In Laptop 1, shared folders for Desktop and Laptop 1
are shown. In Laptop 2, all three are shown.

Question: How do I get the shared folders in Laptop 2 to appear in Desktop
and Laptop 1?

Thank you.

 

[its_my_dime]

Home network using a router. Windows XP SP2. Three computers: Desktop.
Laptop 1. Laptop 2.

With My Network Places open: In Desktop, shared folders for Desktop and
Laptop 1 are shown. In Laptop 1, shared folders for Desktop and Laptop 1
are shown. In Laptop 2, all three are shown.

Question: How do I get the shared folders in Laptop 2 to appear in
Desktop and Laptop 1?

Thank you.

OK. Looks like some sort of firewall problem and Norton Internet Security.
I'm working on it.

 

[Brian A]

It all depends on the OS and your settings, you mention XP SP2 yet not if they're
Home or Pro.
You mention that (1) machine sees all (3) and (2) don't see the third, yet you don't
mention how they're connected.
Do you have any third party firewall(s) installed or do you use the one supplied with
windows?
Are you connecting through a router or are you using one machine as the host?

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[its_my_dime]

It all depends on the OS and your settings, you mention XP SP2 yet not if
they're Home or Pro.
You mention that (1) machine sees all (3) and (2) don't see the third, yet
you don't mention how they're connected.
Do you have any third party firewall(s) installed or do you use the one
supplied with windows?
Are you connecting through a router or are you using one machine as the
host?

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

Connected thru a router. Laptop 2 has XP pro. Others have XP home.

Using Norton Internet Security firewall as replacement for windows firewall.

Thank you.

 

[Malke]

Connected thru a router. Laptop 2 has XP pro. Others have XP home.

Using Norton Internet Security firewall as replacement for windows
firewall.

This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
Network Setup Wizard on all computers, making sure to enable File &
Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. Since you have third-party firewall
software, configure it to allow the Local Area Network traffic as
trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an IP range. Ex.
would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your
correct subnet.

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.

If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke

 

[its_my_dime]

Home network using a router. Windows XP SP2. Three computers: Desktop.
Laptop 1. Laptop 2.

With My Network Places open: In Desktop, shared folders for Desktop and
Laptop 1 are shown. In Laptop 1, shared folders for Desktop and Laptop 1
are shown. In Laptop 2, all three are shown.

Question: How do I get the shared folders in Laptop 2 to appear in
Desktop and Laptop 1?

Thank you.

Thanks again, everybody, for pointing me in the right direction. It turned
out to be a single setting on the Norton Firewall that was blocking
permission for network access. It needed to be reset manually.

 

[Malke]

Thanks again, everybody, for pointing me in the right direction. It
turned out to be a single setting on the Norton Firewall that was
blocking
permission for network access. It needed to be reset manually.

Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for taking the time to post back.

Malke