Re: Network Sharing Help

Blake wrote:
> I tried that. My laptop is setup as administrator and my
> desktop was the same. My desktop had an administrator
> setting so I set the password to match the laptop. When I
> logged on the desktop as administrator with the password,
> the desktop would lock up when I tried accessing any folder.
> What do I need to look for in the permissions? I did adjust
> the permissions settings but maybe I missed something.
>
> Thanks,
> Blake
>
First of all, you should reserve the built-in Administrator
account for emergency use only. The standard recommendation is
to create an additional account that is a member of the
administrator's group. If you've already created these
accounts, great.

That said, you might want to try the following:

1. As has been pointed out, make sure any 3rd party firewall
programs that are running on your desktop are configured to
allow access from other computers on your network.

2. Check the Local Security Policy on the Win2K machine. It's
located in Adminstrative Tools. Under Local Policies\User
Rights Assignment, make sure that "Deny access to this computer
from the network" has not been enabled. Also, make sure that
the appropriate groups are included in the "Access this
computer from the network" policy.

3.Log on to your desktop computer.
Stop sharing all the resources that are currently being shared
over your network, folders and printers. You should start from
scratch.
Reboot your computer.
Once your computer restarts, go back and recreate your shared
folders and printer. Make sure that the Everyone group has Full
Control. Check both the Sharing and the Security tabs.
Restart your laptop.
See if you can access the folders on your desktop.

If you're still having problems getting file sharing to work
and you haven't done so already you might want to post this
question to the Windows XP networking newsgroup. You can access
them here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web&lang=en&cr=US

Good luck

Nepatsfan


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