Re: Computers In Same Work Can't Access One Another.....
From: Nick Haskell (nhaskell_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:15:14 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:20:33 GMT, Dreamspinner3
<dreamspinner3@softhome.net>
>wrote:
>
>>I am trying to set up a network between the two PCs I
own. PC1 is
>>hardwired into my D-Link DI-524 router and PC2 connects
to the router
>>via a wireless card.
>>
>>Both computers :
>>
>>-are running Windows XP
>>-belong to the same workgroup called Millers
>>-both have file sharing enabled
>>-both have Zone Alarm Pro installed & running
>>-both can access the Internet without a problem
>>
>>On PC1, I can see PC2 if I go into My Network
Places>Entire
>>Network>Millers...but if I try to access PC2 from here
I get an error
>>message saying PC2 is not accessible, that I might not
have permission
>>to use this network resource, and to contact the
administrator of the
>>server to find out if I have access permissions, and
that the network
>>path is not found.
>>
>>I can't even access the Millers workgroup on PC--I get
the same error
>>message.
>>
>>What am I doing wrong? How can I make it so that both
PCs can see
>>each other & share files and other resources?
>
>On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File
Sharing (Control Panel -
>Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or
disabled. With XP Pro,
>you need to have the SFS settings properly set on each
computer.
>
>With XP Pro, 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".
>
>With XP Pro, 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.
>
>For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing
enabled, make sure that the
>Guest account is enabled, on each computer.
>
>With Zone Alarm, you need to configure them for file
sharing, 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.
>.
>
Ok. I have the same exact problem and I tried all of
those things and none of them worked. I am running
Norton Personal firewall on one machine, do I need to run
them on both? My error message also says "the list of
servers for this workgroup is not currently available.
thank you for any response
nick
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