Re: Home Networking Problem


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"Malke" wrote:

penciline wrote:

Not sure if this is the right forum for this question since I am not
experiencing any Web connection problems.

I am, however, experiencing a problem with my Win XP Pro computer on the
Workgroup that I have. I have 2 other computers running Vista Ult. and
they
can see each other fine. The XP machine even shows up on the Network but
when I click on its icon I get an error message denying me access to the
computer.

On the XP machine I see the Workgroup but when I click on its icon I
cannot
see anything--permission denied error. I have gone through the Network
Setup Wizard several times but I can't seem to get it right.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls
such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3)
not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines;
4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.

1. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot
directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for
convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both
XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

2. On the XP box, Control Panel>Folder Options>View tab. Uncheck "Use simple
file sharing".

3. On the XP box, check the firewall settings.

I did have 2 firewalls running and I took one of them down. I can now click
on the XP box's Workgroup but I still do not see anything in the window. I
ran net view from the cmd on all machines and I see that the command
completes successfully. It shows me the list of shared folders. However I
still don't know why the XP box doesn't see anything in the windows
environment.

Please advise.
-penciline




Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

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