hi alli have a problem with sharing my drives on my computer in my network.i made a xp pro headless system as a file sharing and backup pc, so all the computers in my house can backup to this computer.after installing xp i set 4 drives for sharing, i can see these drives on my network and move file back and forward. after updating the pc on ms update website i went back in to the pc and shared another 2 drives. this is were the problem starts. i can see the drives on my network but i cannot gain access to them.i have 6 drives that i can see but only able to access 4.i have checked permisions for the drives and all is ok. but i did notice somthing. in computer management under shared folders. the drives i can access and do what i want there is 2 shared folder for the same drive( one of them being h$ the other being the name share) and the one i cant access there is only 1. can anyone help with this :confused:

Hi cowl, Please understand that this Forum deal mainly with Windows Vista related issues. From your description, it seems a Windows XP file sharing issue. Thus, I suggest submitting it to Windows XP Newsgroup, the support professionals there are better qualified to assist you. For your convenience, I've listed the website of Windows Server XP Newsgroup:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/newsgroups/dgbrowser/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web&lang=en&cr=US Thank you for your understanding.