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I am trying to share folders and printers between my laptop (XP pro), which
is part of an active directory network workgroup/domain at my place of work,
and home PC (XP home, 'Newfampc'). The laptop was recently updated from the
predecessor workgroup/domain system (sorry I forgot the name) to active
directory. After the update (migration) my previously functional home Wifi
based printer and file sharing would no longer work despite many hours of
effort. If I disable the windows firewall on the home PC I can browse the
computer from the laptop but when I try to open the computer to view shared
folders and printers I get an error "\\Newfampc is not accessible. You might
not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator
of this server to find out if you have access permissions." There is also a
security warning. The workgroup entry on both PCs is the same. It seems to
be some sort of authentication problem. I cannot change settings on the
laptop radically so it will not work logged into my employer's domain. I
feel sure that there is some setting on either or both PCs which will allow
me to share folders and printers. I have tried adding Netbui to the TCPIP
protocol entry and adding the computer browser service. Please can someone
help?
is part of an active directory network workgroup/domain at my place of work,
and home PC (XP home, 'Newfampc'). The laptop was recently updated from the
predecessor workgroup/domain system (sorry I forgot the name) to active
directory. After the update (migration) my previously functional home Wifi
based printer and file sharing would no longer work despite many hours of
effort. If I disable the windows firewall on the home PC I can browse the
computer from the laptop but when I try to open the computer to view shared
folders and printers I get an error "\\Newfampc is not accessible. You might
not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator
of this server to find out if you have access permissions." There is also a
security warning. The workgroup entry on both PCs is the same. It seems to
be some sort of authentication problem. I cannot change settings on the
laptop radically so it will not work logged into my employer's domain. I
feel sure that there is some setting on either or both PCs which will allow
me to share folders and printers. I have tried adding Netbui to the TCPIP
protocol entry and adding the computer browser service. Please can someone
help?