Re: User account restriction error accessing a shared folder on my net



Pedro wrote:

> Hello
>
> I'll explain my problem.
>
> I have two computers both running WinXP. They both have a shared
> folder so that I can easily transfer files between them.
>
> Everything was going well until I installed SP2 on one of them. Now,
> the computer running SP1 can't see the shared folder of the one
> running SP2. When trying to access it says \\<sharename> is not
> accessible. You do not have permissions yada yada yada and Login
> failure: User account restriction.
>
> I have read that it might be because I dont have a password on my
> account on the SP2 computer. This doesnt seem too logical and I dont
> want it to ask me for a password every time I start it up.
>
> Do you know how to fix this? It was working fine before. Should I just
> reinstall XP and *not* upgrade to SP2?
>

Service Pack 2 automatically enables the Windows Firewall. If you are
not running a third-party firewall, go to the Windows Firewall applet
in Control Panel and enable File & Printer Sharing on the Exceptions
tab. If you are using a third-party firewall (and have properly
configured it to allow your lan traffic as Trusted), then turn the
Windows Firewall off. You don't want two firewalls running, and a
third-party program will be better than the WF. All firewalls must be
properly configured to allow lan traffic as Trusted.

Malke
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