Re: no access to third machine

In article <#RtePcGSGHA.6084@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "RipperT"
<rippertsmith<N_oS_pAm>@comcast.net> wrote:
Hello,

I have 2 desktops & a laptop all running xp pro sp2. All can see each
other
on the network, but one desktop cannot be accessed beyond the docs &
settings folder except for all users and default user. Each of the other
folders in docs & settings ( Local service, Network service, My name, My
daughters name, admininstrator) have sharing turned on. In folder
options/view, the following are checked:

Display the contents of system folders
Show hidden files and folders
Use simple file sharing

The following are UNchecked

Hide protected operating system files

Windows firewall and Zone alarm are disabled.

What should I check next?

Many thanx,

By default, Windows XP blocks networked access to the Program Files
and Windows folders and to individual users' folders within Documents
and Settings.

Un-checking "Use simple file sharing" will remove those restrictions.
Then, create matching user accounts (same user name and password) on
each computer.

You might have to un-share and then re-share disks and folders to make
the new settings take effect.

Thank you for the response, but this does not jibe with the fact that the
other two machines on this network have "Use simple file sharing" checked,
and they don't have any trouble accessing each others folders. In fact, the
machine that cannot be accessed by the other two can access the folders of
the other two, it's just not making itself available to the other two.

What is the significance of creating matching accounts? I've never had to do
this on any of the several 3 machine setups I've had.

Thanks again,

Rip

Perhaps I didn't understand your original question. I thought you
said that other computers can't access individual users' folders
(including your name and your daughters name) within the Documents and
Settings folder. That's the expected behavior when simple file
sharing is enabled on the computer that owns the shared folders. The
solution for that problem is to disable simple file sharing on the
computer that owns the folders, and to use matching user accounts on
all the computers.

With simple file sharing disabled, XP Pro only allows known users to
access its shared disks and folders over the network. Creating
matching user accounts guarantees that XP Pro will recognize the users
on other computers who request access.

If simple file sharing is enabled on the other two computers, the
default Windows XP settings should block networked access to
individual users' folders within Documents and Settings on those
computers. Perhaps those settings have been changed.

The important thing is whether simple file sharing is
enabled/disabled on the computer that owns the shared folders. It
doesn't matter whether simple file sharing is enabled/disabled on the
computers that access the shared folders over the network.
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