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

In article <OriRJ6fdFHA.2420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Gary Burton"
<burton.garyNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer on the main machine?
>> To see, click Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance |
>> Administrative Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:
>>
>> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427
>>
>> Does the main machine have XP Professional or XP Home Edition? If it
>> has Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled?
>
> There are some messages in there. Under security, I have one message in
>the "Privilege use" category (event ID 576) and several in the "policy
>change" category (event ID 850), but I don't know how to interpret them.
>Here is the info on the policy chages. I hope it helps.
>A port was listed as an exception when the Windows Firewall started.
>
>Policy origin: Local Policy
>Profile used: Standard
>Interface: All interfaces
>Name: Remote Desktop
>Port number: 3389
>Protocol: TCP
>State: Disabled
>Scope: All subnets

I don't think that the policy change for Remote Desktop has anything
to do with accessing network shares, Gary.

Did you see Ron Lowe's reply saying that RestrictAnonymous might be
set wrong? I recommend trying his suggestion -- he's a top expert in
such things.
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