Re: Can't access a shared folder
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 08:05:57 -0800
On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 07:40:27 -0800, "mmcr" <mmcr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"mmcr" wrote:
Im using xp home on both PCs! So explain to me, does the 2nd pc have to be
logged in to the same user account as the 1st PC for peer-to-peer networking
to work?
"mmcr" wrote:
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?
"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?
Getting real comfused now! Have enabled gust accounst on both pcs. But dont
get if I am loged on with my user account Kevin and my son on his laptop as
Simon are you saying we both have to be loged on with the same user account
name an password on both PCs? If so surly that is defeating the point of
sharing resources on a peer-to-peer network to have to be logedd into the
same user account?
No, with a computer running XP Home, you can access its shares from any other
computer. Any data shared is accessible to anybody, equally. It's like a big
party line.
With a few exceptions ("C:\Windows", "C:\Program Files", personal profile
branches, which can't be shared), you have two choices:
# Share this folder with everybody.
# Don't share this folder with anybody.
Just be sure to activate Guest properly on each computer!
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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