set up networking. my laptop can read files from my desktop but not the other way around.
i have set up a network betwen my laptop and desktop. the laptop can read files from desktop but not the other way around. the laptop is win.xp home and desktop is win.xp pro. i can see the files on the desktop but when i try to access them i get error message...\\home 2-da1ab1fa29 ( witch is my laptop) \viles documents is not accessable. youmight not have permission to use this network resorce. contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. access denied. this is the same message i get for all files showing on the desktop. i thought i did every thing right, and rebooted both computers and the modem (2 wire wireless gateway) but i dont know what to do next. the desktop is hardwired and laptop wireless. please help. oh, and by the way thank you jack, your info got me half way through!1 person needs an answerI do too
July 13th, 2010 2:41am

Probably Items C. and D. below, but check your firewall on the laptop too.Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); 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.A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.C. 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.DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES . If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this:XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null).D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.MS-MVP - Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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July 13th, 2010 4:13pm

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