Re: Can't access a shared folder

On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:36:29 -0800, "mmcr" <mmcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"Robert L [MS-MVP]" wrote:

do a simple test. What do you receive if using net view \\desktopname command? this link may help,

troubleshooting is not accessible error Troubleshooting "... is not accessible" error step by step. When try to access a remote computer, you may receive the following error messages: ...
www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"mmcr" <mmcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:38D65D86-B287-4DAE-A854-F495C636CE67@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have setup up a peer-to-peer network between my desktop & laptop winXP PCs
using the Network Wizard. I can access the Internet from my laptop via my
desktop pc ok. So I then set up a shared folder on the Desktop PC to be
accessable over my network on the laptop. So on the laptop I add a Network
Place and select the shared folder on my Desktop PC. But when I try and open
the folder on the laptop it says "I have no access rights" to it. I have read
the MS help doc and enabled the Guest account in User Accounts but still not
working. Any ideas what else to try?

ok read the article at
http://www.howtonetworking.com/Troubleshooting/notaccessibale0.htm , and
everything comes up ok when I use the DOS commmands mentioned, but one things
he says might be relevant; he states:

If it is workgroup network, have you created the same username and password
in remote computer?

So yes I am running a workgroup peer-to-peer network between my Desktop and
my son's Laptop. My son is singed in on user account Simon (with no password)
and on my Desktop PC I am signed in as Kevin (with a password) trying to
allow him to access the shared folder on his Simon (With a password) user
account on the Dekstop PC. Is this what is causing the access problem?

Are your computers running XP Home or Pro? If Pro, have you enabled Simple File
Sharing? If SFS is disabled, are you using a Guest account, or a non-Guesat
account for access? And is the account that you're using properly activated,
for network access?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help

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