Need help with XP file sharing

[Comeonpilgrim]

We have 2 Windows XP computers on a LAN in our house. I set the sharing
preferences on one of my folders to be accessible to the Guest account. I
had disabled simple file sharing and I gave the Guest account a password.
But when I try to login to my computer from the other computer the login
fails and says it doesn't have permission. I even tried setting up a regular
user account under a name other than Guest but it didn't work either. What
am I doing wrong?

_Pilgrim

 

[Guest]

Hello
I have the same problem with my 2 XP computers and we upgrade my friends 2 computers to XP and it failed t
i got IRPSTACKSIZE tro small or no permission to let me in, the server has not inough memor
Very strange and everyone i spoke to say its no problem but there is big "f.." problem to m

----- Comeonpilgrim wrote: ----

We have 2 Windows XP computers on a LAN in our house. I set the sharin
preferences on one of my folders to be accessible to the Guest account.
had disabled simple file sharing and I gave the Guest account a password
But when I try to login to my computer from the other computer the logi
fails and says it doesn't have permission. I even tried setting up a regula
user account under a name other than Guest but it didn't work either. Wha
am I doing wrong

_Pilgri

 

[Albert Voss]

The error message can indeed (sometimes) be cured by changing the
IRPStackSize. Microsoft and Symantec at least give the same advice:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...56824008250c4&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;177078
I went to 50, the max entry, and now both my PCs can see each other
"despite" of Norton Antivirus 2003.

Albert

 

[Comeonpilgrim]

I ended up going back to simple file sharing (although I still used a
password on the Guest Account). After doing that the sharing dialog box
prompted me to enable File & Printer Sharing by running the Network Setup
Wizard. I opted to enable it without running the wizard and now it works
fine. So I guess you have to run the wizard or enable Simple File Sharing
before you switch to Advanced File Sharing. Not very intuitive, the advanced
dialog should prompt you too.

_Pilgrim