Re: Home Networking Problem

Hi Chuck,

I took a look at the sites you sent. I learned more about things but was not
able to implement what I wanted in the end. This may require a more-detailed
walk-through, if you have the time and patience.

Thanks for your help.

"Chuck" wrote:

On Sun, 19 Feb 2006 19:40:27 -0800, Muquas <Muquas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

"newtechie" wrote:

You're welcome!

"Muquas" <Muquas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thank You. I had the firewall removed from the desktop but I forgot to
remove
it from the desktop.

"newtechie" wrote:

If you have a firewall on laptop make sure you have it set up to receive
traffic from the desktop IP address.


"Muquas" <Muquas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have 2 computers: CPU-DESKTOP and CPU-LAPTOP.
I want to be able to access the CPU-DESKTOP's hard drive on the
CPU-LAPTOP
and vice-versa.
Right now I can view the CPU-DESKTOP hard drive when I am on the
laptop.
However, I can NOT view the CPU-LAPTOP hard drive when I am on the
desktop.
I ran the network setup wizard for both computers and selected the same
information.
Both are connected to the Internet through a wireless router.
Both have the same workgroup name.

Why can I access the hard drive only one way?

I may get roommates. I do not want them to be able to access my shared hard
drives. I read that if I named the shared drive with Drive$, then it is not
shown in "View Workgroup Computers" in My Network Places. The '$' hides the
shared drive. The only way to access it is to know the actual name. This
worked. From my laptop I can not view the desktop's hard drive. However, even
when I type in the exact path, I am asked for a User Name and Password. The
problem is that I never set a User Name and Password to protect the desktop
hard drive, so I do not know what to enter. Why does my laptop think it does
not have access to the shared hard drive or why does my desktop ask for a
User Name and Password?

File Sharing between 2 Windows computers is a lot of fun. When you have Windows
XP, you need to observe whether its' XP Home or Pro. If Pro, are you running
Simple or Advanced File Sharing? If Advanced, are you using Guest or non-Guest
authentication? And make sure whatever you use, that it's properly activated,
and uses a consistent password policy.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html

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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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