I have a new puter and I'm trying to get into the old puter info. desktop,
files etc.
I followed how to make a new drive and did so under z..but it keeps saying
access is denied..I am also the admin. on the desktop and it is running..What
am I doing wrong? I'm new at this so it might be something very simple.Also
when it asks for name of the server\share..is that basically the name of the
file like:marcey desktop??
I am able to add the new drive but unable to open it..Am I missing something
on the desktop to check or un check?
Thanks for any help
Marcey

On Sun, 7 Nov 2004 08:30:01 -0800, Maa <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have a new puter and I'm trying to get into the old puter info. desktop,
>files etc.
>I followed how to make a new drive and did so under z..but it keeps saying
>access is denied..I am also the admin. on the desktop and it is running..What
>am I doing wrong? I'm new at this so it might be something very simple.Also
>when it asks for name of the server\share..is that basically the name of the
>file like:marcey desktop??
>I am able to add the new drive but unable to open it..Am I missing something
>on the desktop to check or un check?
>Thanks for any help
>Marcey

Marcey,

Are your computers running XP Home? XP Pro? One of each? Neither? This makes
a difference.

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.