Re: Stumped!!--How to open up file sharing

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"Gary Burton" <burton.garyNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> New information!
>
> It occured to me that the entire C: drive is not shared on main
> machine - just folders within it. Therefore, I wouldn't have gotten a
> response to \\computer anyway. I tried entering "\\computer\SharedFolder"
> into my Run box and it worked. I was able to see the folder. I was also
> able to see subfolders within that shared folder.
>
> However, I still have the problem. I can go to "My Network Places",
> expand "Entire Network", then expand "Microsoft Windows Network", Expand
> the name of my home network and I see the computers there. But if I then
> try to open the main computer, I get the "Access denied" message again, so
> I can't see the shared folder within it. The same thing happens if I go
> to "Add a network Place" and try to browse to my shared folder. This
> seems to leave me with no way to view my shared folder.
>
> Before, I was able to do this without sharing the entire drive of my
> main computer. Once again, I must be missing something that should be
> obvious.
>



This is consistent with RestrictAnonymous being wrong.
This will prevent anonymous enumeration of shares, but not access to those
shares.

So under Simple File Sharing, you will get 'Access Denied' when you try to
look at the list of shares on the machine, but you can access the shares
themselves.

Try this for a fix:

On the machine you are trying to contact, ( 'main machine' ) go to:

start | Run | type 'Regedit' in the box.

On the left hand pane, navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\

In the LSA folder, look in the right-hand pane.
look for the value 'RestrictAnonymous'.

It needs to be zero.
If it is not, double-click it and set it to zero.

( The value of RestrictAnonymousSam can be left at 1. )

Close regedit, and re-boot the server machine.

See if that helps.




--
Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking


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