Im trying to network to computers. One has xp pro and the other has xp home edition. I enabled file and print sharing and clients for microsoft. On both computers, I have disabled xp's firewall on both computers. I enabled my firewalls on both computers to be allowed or trusted to each other. I can ping each computer, and I can ping each computer by name. HERES THE PROBLEM. The computer with xp pro im able to see the shares and access them from the computer with xp home edition. but the computer with xp home edition im not able to access the shares from the computer with xp pro. I also get a message stating I don't have permission.thanks in advance
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computers won't share
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hierogrammate
Technical User
Yikes, I was about to post practically the same problem, I hope you don't mind if I piggyback on your post....
In my case, there's a laptop with a wireless LAN card from Linksys and a desktop PC connected with a Cat5e cable to a Wireless G Linksys router. Both have Win XP Pro, but my laptop has NFTS while my PC is FAT32.
I can see them listed under My Network Places in both computers. HOWEVER, only the laptop can send and retrieve files from the PC. My PC cannot access my laptop's shared folder, getting the following error ("Fireshard" is the laptop):
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"\\Fireshard\Shared Documents is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out in you have access permissions.
"Access is denied."
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As far as I can tell, both computers are configured to have full access to each other... so I don't know what is amiss.
Edwin
In my case, there's a laptop with a wireless LAN card from Linksys and a desktop PC connected with a Cat5e cable to a Wireless G Linksys router. Both have Win XP Pro, but my laptop has NFTS while my PC is FAT32.
I can see them listed under My Network Places in both computers. HOWEVER, only the laptop can send and retrieve files from the PC. My PC cannot access my laptop's shared folder, getting the following error ("Fireshard" is the laptop):
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"\\Fireshard\Shared Documents is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out in you have access permissions.
"Access is denied."
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As far as I can tell, both computers are configured to have full access to each other... so I don't know what is amiss.
Edwin
hierogrammate
Technical User
I have simple file sharing disabled in both PCs. In "Shared Documents Properties> Permissions" in my laptop, the group "Everyone" has all boxes under "Allow" checked. Same thing in my desktop machine. Still, it works only one way so far...
Any other place I should tinker with?
Ed.
Any other place I should tinker with?
Ed.
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Well before I posted I made sure I did a search on google. I noticed that alot of people had the same problem I did. Well in xp pro, it has the option of simple folder sharing not in xp home. Well I read if you're having trouble sharing, disable simple folder sharing. So that was my last change. I disabled simple folder sharing, and im still not able to share. Also, in xp pro you have the options of setting security and permissions on folders compared to xp home. On the machine with xp pro I gave full access to the folder. My last conclusion is, that the reason I can't access the shares from the one with xp pro I think it has to do with the permissions.
hierogrammate
Technical User
Hmm... how about a WinXP laptop and a Win98se machine that don't see each other? What steps do I take to know whether the culprit is the LAN driver in my desktop PC or my lack of experience configurating these things?
I know the onboard LAN in my desktop PC works since I use it without problem when I boot Windows XP. I had some problems with the drivers in Win98, though. The OS recognized the LAN chipset after some reinstalling, so it appears OK in the Device Manager... When I used a Dlink card in my old MSI mobo, sharing was as simple as enabling File and Printer Sharing in Win98 and setting up a folder as shared. With my new Shuttle AN35N Ultra, which has onboard LAN, I did all that, and still the machines won't see each other...
I know the onboard LAN in my desktop PC works since I use it without problem when I boot Windows XP. I had some problems with the drivers in Win98, though. The OS recognized the LAN chipset after some reinstalling, so it appears OK in the Device Manager... When I used a Dlink card in my old MSI mobo, sharing was as simple as enabling File and Printer Sharing in Win98 and setting up a folder as shared. With my new Shuttle AN35N Ultra, which has onboard LAN, I did all that, and still the machines won't see each other...
BCastner has already given you the answer I think. If you can ping each computer successfully from the other (assuming no firewall blocking ICMP) then the networking is setup ok. Make sure that the XP machine has a user setup on it with the same name and password as that being used on the 98 machine. This is probably the main issue people get with sharing between XP machines IMO.
Hey Folks,
Just my 2 cents here... I had the same problems networking both my XP home machines with Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security. With XP firewall off one machine would see the other but not let it in and the other wouldn't see anything and then it'd go vise versa. I finally got both machines to see each other but still couldn't get in to each other.
It about drove me batty until a buddy advised me to drop Norton Security and go with a hardware firewall. The install was easy and the network is real smooth and easy and no false alarms, either. Can't speak for XP Pro but IMHO a hardware firewall is the only way to go.
Opinions?
Just my 2 cents here... I had the same problems networking both my XP home machines with Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security. With XP firewall off one machine would see the other but not let it in and the other wouldn't see anything and then it'd go vise versa. I finally got both machines to see each other but still couldn't get in to each other.
It about drove me batty until a buddy advised me to drop Norton Security and go with a hardware firewall. The install was easy and the network is real smooth and easy and no false alarms, either. Can't speak for XP Pro but IMHO a hardware firewall is the only way to go.
Opinions?
I had the same problem and eventually found a solution more by trial and error than anything else.
It seems that the intensly infuriating "You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator...." message is somewhat generic and can be thrown up for myriad reasons. The important part is the second line which in my case was "Access is Denied" which identified the problem as one of permissions.
This led me to delve into users and passwords (only me and the default Administrator A/C on all my 3 machines). All are set to automatically login without requiring a password i.e no password set during initial XP install, but by going through the password change procedure and changing my password, again to nothing, the problems disappeared.
It seems that the intensly infuriating "You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator...." message is somewhat generic and can be thrown up for myriad reasons. The important part is the second line which in my case was "Access is Denied" which identified the problem as one of permissions.
This led me to delve into users and passwords (only me and the default Administrator A/C on all my 3 machines). All are set to automatically login without requiring a password i.e no password set during initial XP install, but by going through the password change procedure and changing my password, again to nothing, the problems disappeared.
step 1
Make sure on both computers that you are connecting with you have a user account with the same name and password on both computers.
step 2
Then create a share giving permissions to that user or just make sure both users are in the administrators group.
step 3
Then go to the run command under the start button and type in the ip of the computer you are trying to connect to for example 192.168.0.1\c$ the c$ is for a hidden share used for administrative purposes. If you do not know the ip go to the run command type cmd and click on ok. A black screen will appear type in ipconfig a bunch of information will now appear on your screen. In the middel of this page under where it tells you the type of network card you have, you will see your ip for the computer close all by typing exit. Do this on all you computers you are trying to network and keep a record of each computer by name and ip for future use.
step 4
now go to the run command under the start button and type in the ip of the computer you are trying to connect to for example 192.168.0.1\c$ the c$ is for a hidden share used for administrative purposes. You should now see a window popup with all your files on the computer you are trying to network to.
H11
Make sure on both computers that you are connecting with you have a user account with the same name and password on both computers.
step 2
Then create a share giving permissions to that user or just make sure both users are in the administrators group.
step 3
Then go to the run command under the start button and type in the ip of the computer you are trying to connect to for example 192.168.0.1\c$ the c$ is for a hidden share used for administrative purposes. If you do not know the ip go to the run command type cmd and click on ok. A black screen will appear type in ipconfig a bunch of information will now appear on your screen. In the middel of this page under where it tells you the type of network card you have, you will see your ip for the computer close all by typing exit. Do this on all you computers you are trying to network and keep a record of each computer by name and ip for future use.
step 4
now go to the run command under the start button and type in the ip of the computer you are trying to connect to for example 192.168.0.1\c$ the c$ is for a hidden share used for administrative purposes. You should now see a window popup with all your files on the computer you are trying to network to.
H11
tomaso11
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- Jun 10, 2004
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I have two computers XP Pro & 98se networked on 10/100 cards. It can be extremely frustrating to get them together
but often too much fiddling is the cause. Provided each machine has a network card and they are connected just follow the wizard in XP. Common problems are two firewalls running,not logging on to the network and failing to share documents.
but often too much fiddling is the cause. Provided each machine has a network card and they are connected just follow the wizard in XP. Common problems are two firewalls running,not logging on to the network and failing to share documents.
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