Re: others cannot access shared folders on my pc

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 10/30/04


Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 09:16:15 -0500

this may help. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
... is not accessible

Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Network path was not found."

Resolutions:
1) make sure no any firewall running.
2) make sure you have created the same workgroup, and the same username on
w2k/xp for logging on a remote computer.
3) check user's rights.
4) you may want to enable guest account on w2k/xp.
5) if you are using simple file sharing, you may try to disable it and
re-share the drive manually.
6) if it is mixed OS (win98, NT, ME and W2K/XP) network, enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.
7) make sure the Computer Browser service is started if all computers are
w2k/xp.
8) stop Computer Browser service on win9x, ME and NT if this is a mixed OS
network.
9) cache credential by using net use \\computername\share /user:username
command (it is better to have the username logon shared computer).
10) if you have tried enabling netbios over tcp/ip but doesn't work, you may
try to load netbeui (loading netbeui may slow your network).
11) Make sure the server service is running.
12) If you can see the share in Network Neighborhood but not access it, this
issue may be resolved by verifying that both the share permissions and the
NTFS partition permissions are correctly configured for individual user or
group access.

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"G. Fidias" <fidias@otenet.gr> wrote in message 
news:%23rJADpnvEHA.3276@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> I have been trying out various protection software (firewalls etc) and one 
> of them
> (can't remember which) had the option to 'prevent other LAN users from 
> accessing my computer'
> or 'hide my pc' or something like that.
> I checked that option and forgot to keep record of this action.
> Now, when the other two pc's on my LAN try to access a shared folder
> they get a message box asking them to enter a user name and a password
> (it is only my user name and password it will accept)
> I want them to have access as they used to have.
> Anybody knows how can this be corrected?
> gfidias
>
> 


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