Re: Can't access share except via EVERYONE

In article <Xns994AADDCD22E3jknoxtrisoftcom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James M.
Knox" <jknox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Okay, I've seen and read so many blogs and newsgroup posting *similar*
to this that I hate to start another "me too (almost)" thread, but...

Two machines, XP Pro SP2 on both, on a LAN. Identical (as far as I can
tell) user accounts on both, with passwords. "Simple sharing" is turned
off. In general, everything on both machines and the LAN work fine.

I can take a folder on machine B and set it to "Share this folder." I
can then read the contents of the folder from machine A. I can change
the "Everyone" permission on the shared folder on B to include "change"
and then machine A can also write into the folder. Great!!!

However (the problem) I can not add a user or group permission to the
shared folder. Well, I can... but it does no good. For example,
leaving EVERYONE to read, and adding my own user name to permissions
(with read and change, or even full control) does nothing. Machine A
then can only get to the folder as "read" permission - obviously still
accessing through the EVERYONE permission.

I get no request for a name/password when I attempt to change the
contents of the folder from machine A, just the famous "Access denied."
message.

Dang it! I keep going over and over it, and it all looks like it SHOULD
work - but I am at a loss as to what isn't matching up.

Any suggestions?

Make sure that your accounts are identical on both computers: same
user name, and same password. Reboot machine A and try accessing
Machine B again.

Review the information on this web page for how to add permissions to
a share:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm

If none of that helps, remove any stored password for your account.
On machine A, go to Control Panel > User Accounts > [your account] >
Mange my network passwords.
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