Re: File sharing between two computers

From: Carey Holzman (carey_at_careyholzman.com)
Date: 01/02/05


Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 23:38:02 -0700

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Carey

"Rahul" <Rahul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4683E285-06F9-4607-A34F-F00CEC39185A@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> We have 2 computers. One of them is a desktop running Windows XP Pro and
> the
> other is a laptop running Windows XP Home SP1. I have networked them via a
> router. The problem I am having is that the laptop (running Win XP Home
> SP1)
> is able to access the shared folders stored on the desktop but the desktop
> (running Win XP Pro) cannot access the shared folders stored on the
> laptop.
> When I try to open the shared folder stored on the laptop from the
> desktop, I
> get the following error: "\\Laptop\Documents is not accessible. You might
> not
> have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of
> this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied."
> The TCP/IP settings for the local area network are the same on both
> computers.
> I don't know what the problem is, would really appreciate if someone could
> help in this.
> Thanks for your help,
> Rahul



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