Re: Problems sharing folders across network

Malke, You're right, file sharing is working and it is the folders belonging
to a particular user that I can't access. The properties/sharing options for
these folders seem identical to the settings for the folders belonging to the
other users whose folders are accessible.
I've been to http://tinyurl.com/48x4w and noticed how the referenced
dialogue box is in two halves: the top half which has to do with local
sharing and which contains the make my files private option you are directing
me to. The bottom half has network sharing options. However, when I look at
properties for the folders I'm trying to access, the Sharing dialogue box
contains only network sharing options and the opportunity to select "make my
folders private" is not there; not even there but greyed out. So, still no
joy! TIA .... Greg

"Malke" wrote:

gvm wrote:



"Malke" wrote:
Hi, Greg. Unfortunately, this new post is orphaned from your original
thread and i have no idea what the problem was or what you've done. This
newsgroup, while not as active as it was a few years ago, still gets a
relatively huge amount of traffic so I don't remember every post I
answer, particularly if your original post was more than a few days ago.

Please post back with a concise summary of the problem and what you've
done. You might as well keep it in this thread. Make sure you include the
full location of the files you are trying to access (C:\Program
Files\foobar), XP versions, and Service Pack levels. I'll be around all
day today and I'll watch for your new post.

Malke
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Hi Malke, the background to this problem follows:
I've read a few posts with info related to my problem but to no avail. I
have two XP Pro computers set up with same Workgroup name. One computer
(A) has three users (#1, #2, #3) each with administrator rights and a
guest account that is off. The other computer (B) has one user and a guest
account that is off. The problem is that from B, I can access User#1 on
A's My Documents but not User #2's My Documents. All folders on Computer A
have the same file sharing/modification options set.

I made the name of the User on B the same as User #1 on A. No difference.
Created a second user account on B and gave it same name and password (ie
blank) as User #2 on A. Still no difference, ie still can't access
User#2's My Documents.

I've tried re-running Network setup wizard on B, made no difference. Tried
re-running the wizard on A in order to re-establish sharing, still no
success.

To be clear the message I get is to the effect "Documents on A not
accessible. You may not have permissions. Contact Administrator. Access
denied".
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This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. When you ran
the Network Setup Wizard, it automatically turned on the Windows
Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an
antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2005/06) which
acts as a firewall, then you're fine (and obviously you're not fine
right now). If 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.

In addition, check both computers to make sure that the Simple Sharing
setting is identical - disabled. Find the setting in Folder
Options>View tab.

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.

Addresses of both computers and hub that make up my network are in the
range 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.3.

Each computer had a diferent "Use simple file sharing" option set. I
disabled the option on both and still I can't access the relevant files.
What else is there to do please?

So the file sharing works, you just can't get into one user's My Documents?
You can access other folders/files on that machine in a different location?
If this is the case, it sounds like that user made My Documents private.
See:

http://tinyurl.com/48x4w - MS website on How To Make Folders Private
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm - Ramesh - How to undo "Make this
folder private" option"

Malke
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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

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