Re: Windows XP Home file sharing Access Denied

Hi Chuck
to answer two of your questions I have installed the windows 2003 resourse
kit and I have enabled file and print sharing on the pc,s as an exception on
the XP firewall

As for the other bit I will hopefully try this tonight

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:26:04 -0700, "Anthony"
> <Anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >For several weeks I have been trying to cure a problem at my neighbours
> >house, he has two Windows XP Home pc's connected by a crossover cable so that
> >he could share files between the two systems.
> >
> >This worked fine but he kept getting spyware and the such, so I upgraded him
> >to SP2 put on Microsofts AntiSpyware and also installed Kaspersky's virus
> >checker.
> >After this I have been unable to share files, I ran the ICS Wizard and could
> >use the internet from both pc's but cannot share files.
> >
> >I can ping both ip address and computernames from both pc's but as soon as I
> >try to connect I get the following messages.
> >
> >The error when trying to access the laptop from the base is
> >"\\computername is not accessible. You might not have permission to
> >use this network resource.
> >Contact the administrator of this server to see if you have access
> >permissions.
> >Access denied"
> >from the laptop to the base pc the error is
> >"\\computername 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 permission.
> >Logon failure the user has not been granted the requested logon type
> >at this computer."
> >
> >I have also under advice tried the following commands
> >
> >net user guest /active:yes
> >ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
> >ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
> >
> >And still am unable to get it working
> >
> >Cany anybody please help
> >Regards
> >Anthony
>
> Anthony,
> Did you Download and install the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools from
> <http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544> before doing the ntrights
> processes?
>
> Did you enable the File and Printer Sharing exception in Windows Firewall?
>
> Check for a browser conflict too. The Microsoft Browstat program will show us
> what browsers (I'm not talking about Internet Explorer here) you have in your
> domain / workgroup, at any time.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
>
> You can download Browstat from either:
> <http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
> <http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
>
> Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
> file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
> window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
> browser.
>
> For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q102878/
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
>
.

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