Re: network share issue between 2 xp pro computers
From: ibmman (ibmman85_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 04/03/04
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 20:39:36 -0800
Yeah I had set that to classic when I was messing with it.
I'm at college so both computers are on dhcp. disabling
the firewall doesnt make a difference, and both computers
are logged in with the same account name and password
>-----Original Message-----
>On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 22:06:36 -0800, "ibmman"
<*email_address_deleted*> wrote:
>
>>My windows 2000 install on this computer recently died
>>pretty hard (bluescreened but restarted too quickly to
see
>>what the error was and repair install didnt help) so I
>>backed up and formatted and installed XP. My laptop came
>>preinstalled with xp (pro) and I've always had an odd
>>issue with that.. I have the drive shared on it but can
>>only connect to it immediately after changing the
computer
>>name, and if i restart again it won't connect. Thats not
>>the main issue though since before I could always
connect
>>to this computer from the laptop and then transfer
>>whatever I needed to that way. I had sharing set up
pretty
>>well before in win2k, had both drives shared as well as
>>the printer and created a few accounts and set
permissions
>>for everything.. I've tried toset up everything in xp
the
>>way I normally would but haven't had a single bit of
luck,
>>I never get the logon box when I try getting into this
>>computer from the laptop (using '\\computer name or ip
>>address") it either says that it can't find it or
doesn't
>>have the right permissions. In shares under computer
>>management it'll say that the IPC share has a user
logged
>>in. I turned off simple file sharing and also tried some
>>things in security policy settings with no luck. This is
>>seriously bothering me because I'm a technician (not
MCSE
>>yet..) and alot of people say I can fix anything.. so
this
>>is rather annoying.. anyone have any suggestions? both
>>computers can ping each other, internet works, and
>>transferring files works over the network through file
>>sharing clients and after I change the computer name on
>>the laptop (connecting to the laptop from the desktop).
>>thanks
>
>IBMMan,
>
>Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
>Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open
c:\ipconfig.txt in
>Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
>
>How are you connecting the two computers? Direct? Thru
a router?
>
>Do you have any software firewalls (ICF or third party)
on either computer?
>Ever?
>
>You have to have the SFS settings identical on both
computers for sharing to
>work.
>
>If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy
(Control Panel -
>Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security
Options, look at
>"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure
it's set to "Classic -
>local users authenticate as themselves".
>
>If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only",
make sure that the Guest
>account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.
>If "Classic", setup and use a common account with
identical, non-blank, password
>on all computers.
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a
bad thing.
>.
>
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