Drive access in SOHO network

[jlnjn]

This one is kicking my rear end.

Setup: Four computers. One Win98, one WinXP (main PC), two Win2000 computers. Linksys switch.

Problem: The laptop Win2000 cannot access C: drive on Win XP machine. It can access every other drive on every other machine including D: hard drive and the CD roms on the XP machine. Every other computer can access the XP C: drive with no problem. Only the laptop gets "Access is denied" for that one drive only. I can see the drive and the directory structure in Windows Explorer. But if I try to double click anything on that one drive "Access is denied." There are no passwords and no restrictions in the whole network.

Please help.

 

[dball63]

If you can see the folder contents but not make any cahnges to it, the only thing it could be is file permissions on your XP machine. I would look at the permissions set on the ROOT of the C: on the XP machine that you are trying to gain access to. Make sure that the account you are using on the laptop in some way has permissions to the C: on your target drive. Either direct or through a group membership.

David Ball CNE. MCSE

 

[wolluf]

Is simplified sharing enabled on XP machine?