Can see but not share folders between XP and W2k machines

[Rene]

I am using a Netgear DG834G Wireless router to network
two home PCs plus give a shared internet broadband
connection. The XP firewall is off (router has a
hardware one).

The internet connection works fine but I am unable to
share files between the two PCs, although I can see the
shared file enabled folders from each PC to the other.
It must be something to do with permissions and I have
tried to follow the MS troubleshooter guide but it is
confusing (mixing XP home / professional features and not
providing much on the Win 2k front).

One PC is running XP Home and the other 2000 professional.

A step by step guide for each of the O/Ss would be great -
where could I get this?

Thanks

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I am using a Netgear DG834G Wireless router to network
two home PCs plus give a shared internet broadband
connection. The XP firewall is off (router has a
hardware one).

The internet connection works fine but I am unable to
share files between the two PCs, although I can see the
shared file enabled folders from each PC to the other.
It must be something to do with permissions and I have
tried to follow the MS troubleshooter guide but it is
confusing (mixing XP home / professional features and not
providing much on the Win 2k front).

One PC is running XP Home and the other 2000 professional.

A step by step guide for each of the O/Ss would be great -
where could I get this?

Rene,

just briefly, you have to check two different kinds of access
rights:

1. Rights to files and folders
2. Rights to the share

Both have to be sufficient. If only one of them doesn't give the
accessing person enough rights, the access will be refused.

For some other details, please see
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Chuck]

I am using a Netgear DG834G Wireless router to network
two home PCs plus give a shared internet broadband
connection. The XP firewall is off (router has a
hardware one).

The internet connection works fine but I am unable to
share files between the two PCs, although I can see the
shared file enabled folders from each PC to the other.
It must be something to do with permissions and I have
tried to follow the MS troubleshooter guide but it is
confusing (mixing XP home / professional features and not
providing much on the Win 2k front).

One PC is running XP Home and the other 2000 professional.

A step by step guide for each of the O/Ss would be great -
where could I get this?

Thanks

Rene,

Microsoft has provided a definitive article about file sharing in Windows. To
download it:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>.

Are you using a common account, with identical, non-blank passwords on both
computers?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.