Folder sharing in XP Home vs. XP Pro?

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Yousuf Khan

Why is it that I can mount shared folders coming from my desktop running
XP Pro onto my laptop running XP Home, but not vice-versa? I don't think
I've done anything different between the two machines when sharing out
folders.

Yousuf Khan
 
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Patrick Keenan

Yousuf Khan said:
Why is it that I can mount shared folders coming from my desktop running
XP Pro onto my laptop running XP Home, but not vice-versa? I don't think
I've done anything different between the two machines when sharing out
folders.

Yousuf Khan
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Have you checked firewalls?
 

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