My wired home LAN consists three PCs, two Laptops and a Tower. The
Tower and one Laptop are both running XP PRO SP2. A 3rd Laptop runs
WIN98SE. The WIN98SE machine runs fine with both other PCs on the LAN.
Both XP PCs can use the 98SE files.

All folders I have shared on the XP Laptop appear in XP Tower's My
Network Places. But on the Tower, some XP Laptop folders will not open:
'Desktop' 'SharedDocs', 'My Pictures'. Error message [always the same]
is LaptopXP/Desktop is not accessible.... " "Access denied". XP
Laptop folders My Documents/'My Video', 'My Music' can be opened on
Tower but XP Laptop My Documents/My Pictures' cannot.

Every XP Laptop folder which I cannot open in the Tower, are all usable
in the XP Laptop. From the XP Laptop, every Tower Folder in My Network
Places is usable.

On which PC could the problem settings be? Is folder/file sharing and
security/permissions what could be wrong? Can someone suggest what to
look for and correct? If corrupted, can I flush corrupted entries? How?

Really need help with this problem. Thanks, Dave_s

Dave_s wrote:

Microsoft KB article 308421 describes how to take ownership of XP
files and folders when 'Access is Denied'. The article says "select
the folder" [XP Laptop's desktop] that you want to take ownership. In
the XP Tower I am 'denied access' to the Laptops's 'desktop' folder when
I select from the Tower's "My Network Places". The 308421 procedure
does not work when I select a folder from My Network Places. The
properties obtained are not the needed properties. Looks like they want
me to select an actual folder/file from Windows Explorer. How do I
select from the Tower, the Laptop's Desktop folder to do that test
across the network?

How do I check if I have ownership of a folder in the Tower's My
Network Places? Is this the correct approach to fixing "access denied"?
If not correct, suggestions Please.
In which PC should I be applying the fixes?

Thanks, Dave_s

Dave_s wrote:
> My wired home LAN consists three PCs, two Laptops and a Tower. The
> Tower and one Laptop are both running XP PRO SP2. A 3rd Laptop runs
> WIN98SE. The WIN98SE machine runs fine with both other PCs on the LAN.
> Both XP PCs can use the 98SE files.
>
> All folders I have shared on the XP Laptop appear in XP Tower's My
> Network Places. But on the Tower, some XP Laptop folders will not open:
> 'Desktop' 'SharedDocs', 'My Pictures'. Error message [always the same]
> is LaptopXP/Desktop is not accessible.... " "Access denied". XP
> Laptop folders My Documents/'My Video', 'My Music' can be opened on
> Tower but XP Laptop My Documents/My Pictures' cannot.
>
> Every XP Laptop folder which I cannot open in the Tower, are all usable
> in the XP Laptop. From the XP Laptop, every Tower Folder in My Network
> Places is usable.
>
> On which PC could the problem settings be? Is folder/file sharing and
> security/permissions what could be wrong? Can someone suggest what to
> look for and correct? If corrupted, can I flush corrupted entries? How?
>
> Really need help with this problem. Thanks, Dave_s