Re: Vista Not Playing Nice - Sharing Files

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

Made more progress:

Turned Password Protected Sharing on on the desktop. Had to go looking for
my user name though. The login name (let's call it) Roger & Mary-Ellen is
not the name that Windows is looking to authenticate. For some reason the
user profile name is Roger & Mary and this is what Windows wants from me.
When I use the profile name I can connect successfully to my desktop from my
laptop. Any idea why?

So here's the $1,000,000 question. What is going wrong when I turn off
Password Protected Sharing that I can not access the desktop at all? Is
there a registry setting that I can adjust. Anything that needs to be
cleaned out, cleared, flushed, restarted?

Same idea, different angle: How do I get Windows to store my credentials on
the laptop so that I don't have to log in to the desktop after a reboot?

Thanks for keeping up with me.

Po

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Make sure you have assigned permission on Security tab. This search result
may help.
Vista Permission Issues
Can't access Vista because of password protection Can't access Vista C
because of no permission in Security · Can't Reading\Writing to External
Hard Drive ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm


--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Powlaz" <Powlaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:45E6AD3A-29B3-453A-97D3-778325C05A8D@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More info:

On the desktop I can click Network>Laptop and access the laptop's Public
folder and Printers. This is what I'm having difficulty accomplishing
from
the laptop (accessing Network>Desktop). I get this error:

"\\VISTADESKTOP 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. Access is denied."

Also forgot to mention that Password Protected Sharing is off on both PCs.

Matt

Sure.
I saw last night that I can access the laptop shared folders from the
desktop and I've done LESS configuring there. Tell me what am I missing?
Thanks for the reply.

Matt

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

Do a simple test. Can you ping each other by IP?

--
Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Powlaz" <Powlaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:83BA78BF-045E-4496-A9B8-12D0E8BECC01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here's the problem:

Vista Ultimate (non SP1) on desktop PC approved to run Vista.
Vista Business (non SP1) on laptop approved to run Vista.

When desktop had XP and the laptop had Vista I had no trouble sharing
files/folders.
Right after Vista was installed on the desktop (before a random
reboot) I
could share files/folders between both Vista PCs.

Now I can't share files/folders. I have enabled file and printer
sharing
on the desktop. I have added a user to the desktop with the same
"name"
as
the user on the laptop. Both computers are part of the same
Workgroup.

I have set up several shares: Music, Video, Storage (docs &
programs,
etc.)
and can't access them from the laptop through the network share, so I
also
can't map the drives. If memory serves me I also allowed 'Everyone'
share
permission also. And UAC is disabled on both machines. The The
UPNP
music
and video files share fine.

One more thing, I am fully updated up to SP1. Unless SP1 is known to
resolve this issue (I've read about this before but can't seem to fix
my
problem with it) I won't be installing it.

So what am I missing? This is driving me crazy.

Thanks for the help.

Po




.

Relevant Pages

  • RE: Network between XP & Vista
    ... I have a laptop running vista that is connected wirelessly. ... In Vista Network and Sharing: ... ON (So it can see the other computers) ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing)
  • Re: Desktop PC Vista cannot see laptop XP
    ... I have Norton Internet Security and on the Laptop I have Trend Micro's Client Server Security Agent v 5.0. ... Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing. ... In Vista Network and Sharing: ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing)
  • Re: Vista wireless problem
    ... The network works OK with XP machines and with a new Linux eeepc. ... The vista laptop works fine for news, ... For example I can ping my adsl router but not access it in firefox ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: Vista Not Playing Nice - Sharing Files
    ... The Computer Browser service is running on both the desktop and the laptop. ... On the "Show Me All the Files and Folders I am Sharing" link in the Network ... Vista to Vista shouldn't be an issue. ... Vista Permission Issues ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing)
  • Re: Network Share XP to Vista
    ... need to have both computers with the same username and password. ... Could be a Vista update that is stopping me from accessing the machine ... How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on ... did I checked password protected sharing on the Vista machine in Network ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)