Permissions and access

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Steven

I have two computers, both running xp home, sp1. They are connected via
router and I can see each computer from the other, but I cannot access any
information. I have shared the c drive on the secondary and I see it listed
on my main computer, but I get the error:

"\\betty\shareddocs is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions."

Now I am sure it is some simple setting that I am missing and I would really
appreciate it if someone could assist me in completing the access. I have a
lot of files that I want to transfer to the new computer and I need this
working.

Thanks In Advance

Steven
 
same error message, but I can't even get the Workgroup to show up with
anything in it at all on the main computer at all, though tthe other computer
on the network can see it- go figure. I think I am the administrator, and I
have contacted myself. I need help, too! My network was working until SP2.
I have turned firewalls, on and off, and have tried everything in the
networking troubleshooting 2 times. thanks for anything- need some simple
things to try (not an expert)
 
Just a stab here, but check the properties of the network adapters
themselves, wired and wireless and make sure file and print sharing is
enabled there.

JDA
 
I have two computers, both running xp home, sp1. They are connected via
router and I can see each computer from the other, but I cannot access any
information. I have shared the c drive on the secondary and I see it listed
on my main computer, but I get the error:

"\\betty\shareddocs is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions."

Now I am sure it is some simple setting that I am missing and I would really
appreciate it if someone could assist me in completing the access. I have a
lot of files that I want to transfer to the new computer and I need this
working.

Thanks In Advance

Steven
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Steven,

Is the Guest account enabled on both computers?

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445
and UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in
the Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
same error message, but I can't even get the Workgroup to show up with
anything in it at all on the main computer at all, though tthe other computer
on the network can see it- go figure. I think I am the administrator, and I
have contacted myself. I need help, too! My network was working until SP2.
I have turned firewalls, on and off, and have tried everything in the
networking troubleshooting 2 times. thanks for anything- need some simple
things to try (not an expert)
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JJ,

Is the Guest account enabled on both computers?

Try enabling the File & Printer Sharing exception in Windows Firewall, for your
local LAN only.

Is WF the firewall you're talking about, or do you have a third party firewall
too?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Hope by now that you were able to resolve your problem. If not, consider
turning off your Win XP Firewall. I had what sounds to be an identical
problem and part of the cause was conflict between my Norton Internet
Securityh Firewall and my Window Firewall both being enabled. I was advised
to turn off my Windows Firewall.
Note: I had some additional problems getting thru the Norton Firewall; but
was able to resolve them by specifically including the IP addresses of my two
home networked PC's as "trusted sites" in the Norton Internet Security
Firewall area.
 
My solution

I had similar problem. I don't have windows firewall on. I have a firewall on my router, but it is set up fine. I noticed that a maped drive I made worked fine though. I went to the security setting of shareddoc on each computer and noticed that only the system and the base user had permissions so I set up permissions for "Everyone" to full control. Adding each computer name would have been more secure, but what is someone going to hack, my swedish meatball recipe?
 
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