Access Denied on Peer-to-Peer Neywork

[Herbert C Lebovitz]

I asked this in another group and then I remembered this network
group.

Using Windows XP Home on two computers which are on a network.
Laptop can access desktop and read and copy all files on it.
However, Desktop gets an access denied screen when trying to access
c:/windows, C:/program files, and C:?WUTemp on the Laptop. All other
directories it can read and copy.
User on Desktop is H. User on Laptop is H. Both are administrator..
Please help.
If it works one-way, it should work the reverse,
shouldn't it??
I know that a setting is incorrect, but I don't know how to correct
it.
Many thanks,
Herb

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Try:

On the laptop, open Windows Explorer, right click on the Windows folder and
select Properties. Click the Security tab and Add the Everyone group.
Folders created by the operating system do not inherit the Everyone group
for NTFS permissions.

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I asked this in another group and then I remembered this network
group.

Using Windows XP Home on two computers which are on a network.
Laptop can access desktop and read and copy all files on it.
However, Desktop gets an access denied screen when trying to access
c:/windows, C:/program files, and C:?WUTemp on the Laptop. All other
directories it can read and copy.
User on Desktop is H. User on Laptop is H. Both are administrator..
Please help.
If it works one-way, it should work the reverse,
shouldn't it??
I know that a setting is incorrect, but I don't know how to correct
it.
Many thanks,
Herb

I'm sorry, but that's how Windows XP works when it's installed on an
NTFS disk partition using "simple file sharing". It blocks access to
the Program Files and Windows folders and to individual users' folders
within Documents and Settings.

You can share subfolders within those folders, e.g. you can share
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express" or "C:\Documents and
Settings\Username\Desktop" and access that folder from another
computer on the network.

If you had Windows XP Professional, you could disable simple file
sharing, which would remove those sharing restrictions

Since you have Windows XP Home Edition, there's no supported solution.
The safest thing is to share individual subfolders, as mentioned
above.

You can re-install the operating system on a FAT or FAT32 disk
partition -- those disk formats don't have any sharing restrictions.
However, that would lose the benefits of NTFS, which is more reliable
and efficient and can use larger disks. You'd also need to re-install
all of your applications.

I've heard of two possible solutions for XP Home Edition on an NTFS
disk partition, but:

1. They're un-supported, un-documented, and un-tested by Microsoft.
2. There's no guarantee that they'll work.
3. They might cause data loss or corruption.

I haven't tried them, and I don't know whether they're safe. If you
want to try them, at your own risk:

1. Back up your important data first so that you can restore it in
case of problems.

2. Run System Restore to create a restore point that you can go back
to in case of problems.

Here they are:

1. Start Windows XP in "Safe Mode with Networking" (which temporarily
disables "Simple File Sharing"), share the desired folder(s), set the
permissions, and reboot normally, or:

2. Follow the procedure shown here:

http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_home_sectab.htm
--
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Herbert C Lebovitz]

Thanks to all.
Still don't understand if it's not to work, why it does one way but
not the reverse.
Herb