CAN see internet, CANNOT see network

[No One]

Hello all ...

Without making any change other than the usual updates from Microsoft my
network file and printer sharing has ceased working properly. Here's what
happens.

I have a wireless G router. 3 computers and a print server are wired into
it. Two desktops and a laptop have wireless cards. All 6 computers can see
and access the internet independently, no problem. However, only the wired
computers can see the print server. In Windows Explorer you can see all six
computers in the Microsoft Windows Network domain name I use, but when you
try to connect or copy anything from or to the wireless computers you get
"\\Laptop is not accessible.You might not have permission to use this
network resource. See your system admin ..." for example. Same error
coming out of or into any wireless computer.
All File and Printer Sharing everywhere is allowed for all drives. This was
all working quite well before some of the recent updates. I've played with
the firewall settings and cannot resolve this. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Bill in Cape Coral, FL

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

I guess it worked before because the guest account was enabled. For security reason, the guest accounts are disabled so that you receive this message. What you need to do is creating the same user with the same password on each computer. This search result may help,

Access issuesSYMPTOMS: When you attempt to connect to a network share, you may receive the following error message: \\Servername\share is not accessible. Access Denied. ...
www.chicagotech.net/accesserrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hello all ...

Without making any change other than the usual updates from Microsoft my
network file and printer sharing has ceased working properly. Here's what
happens.

I have a wireless G router. 3 computers and a print server are wired into
it. Two desktops and a laptop have wireless cards. All 6 computers can see
and access the internet independently, no problem. However, only the wired
computers can see the print server. In Windows Explorer you can see all six
computers in the Microsoft Windows Network domain name I use, but when you
try to connect or copy anything from or to the wireless computers you get
"\\Laptop is not accessible.You might not have permission to use this
network resource. See your system admin ..." for example. Same error
coming out of or into any wireless computer.
All File and Printer Sharing everywhere is allowed for all drives. This was
all working quite well before some of the recent updates. I've played with
the firewall settings and cannot resolve this. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Bill in Cape Coral, FL