Re: Computers unable to access each others files.

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 02/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 16:12:44 -0700

In article <B5CC7C06-FA26-4676-9C63-638503D2BD87@microsoft.com>,
"Orry" <Orry@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Today I setup a wireless home network by connecting the main PC in the lounge
>to a wireless router and connecting the spare PC to a USB wireless network
>adapter. Both the computers connected to the network and now share the
>internet connection plugged into the router. On the main lounge PC I ran the
>'Setup Home and Office Network' Wizard and setup a workgroup called
>'HOMENETWORK' with file and printer sharing enabled. I ran the same wizard on
>the spare PC and used the same workgroup name. The main PC now shows the
>Shared Documents folders for both itself and the spare PC on My Network
>Places. The spare PC will only show it's own Shared Documents folder in My
>Network Places and not the folder from the main PC. This is a problem as I
>want to be able to print from the spare PC using the printer on the main PC.
>
>Both the computers are running Windows XP Professional with SP2.

Orry, the most likely problem is that a firewall on the main PC is
blocking access. If the Windows Firewall is enabled, make sure that
the exception for File and Printer Sharing is enabled. If another
firewall is installed (Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro, ZoneAlarm, Sygate,
etc), configure it to allow access by computers on the local area
network. 

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