Re: Network/ File Sharing Problems
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:25:50 -0800
jeff wrote:
I am trying to get file sharing to work. I have two computers one
Wnidows XP Home SP2 and the other is a Wnidows XP MCE 2005 both on the
same workgroup. Both can acces the internet fine through my router.
However, neither will connect to each other. When I try \\192.168.1.44
(usually the MCE) or \\MCE (the computer's name) on the Home, it says
"No network provider accepted the given network path". When I try
\\192.168.1.46 (usually the Home) on the MCE, it says "Network path not
found". But, both computers will ping each other. I am logged in as
an administrator on both computers. I am afraid I have a problem on
the XP Home because I have had it longer and might have done something
to it when it was my only computer.
Any help would be very gratefully received. Thanks
General network problems:
This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the Network Setup Wizard on all computers, making sure to enable File & Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet.
If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:
a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user accounts/passwords on all computers.
b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the Simple File Sharing enabled.
Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters in your situation.
Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) - http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
Malke
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