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From: penciline on 10 May 2008 19:58 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. Sincerely, penciline -- -=- penciline -=-
From: Robert L. (MS-MVP) on 10 May 2008 22:05 You may have two issues here. One is permission and other is name resolution or computer browser issue. Find each computer's IP address, and then do net view \\remotecomputeripaddress on each computer? Do you receive system error? -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "penciline" <penciline(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:199B5C2F-21F7-40A7-AECF-99CF2F2E215E(a)microsoft.com... > 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. > > Sincerely, > penciline > -- > -=- penciline -=-
From: Malke on 10 May 2008 22:11 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. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic!
From: penciline on 11 May 2008 10:04 -- -=- penciline -=- "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 > -- > MS-MVP > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > Don't Panic! >
From: Malke on 11 May 2008 11:33
penciline wrote: > 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. > Finish doing what I already suggested. If you have: 1. Created matching user accounts/passwords on all boxen 2. Turned off Simple File Sharing (XP Pro/MCE) 3. Configured firewalls correctly on all boxen then you will be able to share files/printers successfully. For XP and Windows 2003 Server, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent small network troubleshooter. It may also be useful with Vista. Take the time to go through it; that will usually pinpoint the problem area. http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com Don't Panic! |