Sharing Resources

[Jeff Stanton]

I have a wireless network with two computers, both running XP Home. They
are set up for internet connection sharing, as well as file and printer
sharing. Now I have added a third computer: a laptop running XP Pro. I
have successfully set it up to access the Internet with no trouble, but I
cannot get it to share files or printers. The resources I want to share are
on a machine running XP Home. When I go to My Computer/Network Places, there
is nothing there. Under Network Tasks, when I click View Workgroup
Computers, after a long pause I get the following: "Workgroups is not
accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource."
My network is set up with named computers, and a network named MSHOME.
Can someone suggest a way out of this mess?

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Bob I]

Is there an account on the target PC that matches the laptop account
identical username and password? Was the firewall disabled at the time
of setup?

 

[Jeff Stanton]

I'm not sure what you mean by an account on the target PC. The workgroup
MSHOME is set up on the PC, but there is no username associated with it, and
there are no passwords set on any of the machines. The firewall was not
disabled on either of the two original machines, and sharing was set up
easily. I'm only having trouble with the machine with XP Pro.

 

[Bob I]

All XP PCs have user accounts, and there IS a password even if it blank.
Install an account on the XP pro PC that matches the laptop user.