Cannot Access XP Pro PC from XP Home PC

[Truman Young]

I have two PCs connected through wired D-Link router.
Both PCs can connect to internet. I can access shared
files on XP Home PC from XP Pro PC. But when I try access
(double-click the computer name in the workgroup in My
Network Places) shared files on XP Pro PC from XP Home
PC, I got error message:

Name is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource.
The network path was not found.

I have checked the following on both PCs:
1. NetBIOS over TCP/IP are enabled.
2. The Computer Browser service are started.
3. I can ping XP Pro PC (by name or IP address) from XP
Home PC.
4. Simple File Sharing on XP Pro is enabled.
5. Guest accounts on both PCs are enabled.

Please help. Thanks!

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I have two PCs connected through wired D-Link router.
Both PCs can connect to internet. I can access shared
files on XP Home PC from XP Pro PC. But when I try access
(double-click the computer name in the workgroup in My
Network Places) shared files on XP Pro PC from XP Home
PC, I got error message:

Name is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource.
The network path was not found.

I have checked the following on both PCs:
1. NetBIOS over TCP/IP are enabled.
2. The Computer Browser service are started.
3. I can ping XP Pro PC (by name or IP address) from XP
Home PC.
4. Simple File Sharing on XP Pro is enabled.
5. Guest accounts on both PCs are enabled.

Truman,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Chuck]

I have two PCs connected through wired D-Link router.
Both PCs can connect to internet. I can access shared
files on XP Home PC from XP Pro PC. But when I try access
(double-click the computer name in the workgroup in My
Network Places) shared files on XP Pro PC from XP Home
PC, I got error message:

Name is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource.
The network path was not found.

I have checked the following on both PCs:
1. NetBIOS over TCP/IP are enabled.
2. The Computer Browser service are started.
3. I can ping XP Pro PC (by name or IP address) from XP
Home PC.
4. Simple File Sharing on XP Pro is enabled.
5. Guest accounts on both PCs are enabled.

Please help. Thanks!

Truman,

Did you enable Guest on the XP Pro computer using lusrmgr - NOT User Accounts on
Control Panel?

Do you have any personal firewall on the XP Pro computer?

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

 

[Guest]

Did you enable Guest on the XP Pro computer using
lusrmgr - NOT User Accounts on

Control Panel?

Do you have any personal firewall on the XP Pro computer?

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

Chuck,

Thanks for your response. The Guest on the XP Pro
computer had been always enabled. I used lusrmgr to
disable and then enabled again.

I don't have any personal firewall on the XP Pro computer.

Before I used D-Link router yesterday, I used XP Pro
computer as primary computer to connect to DSL. XP Home
computer share internet access through a hub. At that
time, XP Home computer was able to access files and
printer on XP Pro computer.

Thanks,
Truman

 

[Jack]

Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Chuck]

Chuck,

Thanks for your response. The Guest on the XP Pro
computer had been always enabled. I used lusrmgr to
disable and then enabled again.

I don't have any personal firewall on the XP Pro computer.

Before I used D-Link router yesterday, I used XP Pro
computer as primary computer to connect to DSL. XP Home
computer share internet access through a hub. At that
time, XP Home computer was able to access files and
printer on XP Pro computer.

Thanks,
Truman

Truman,

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / error displayed in each test (8 tests total).

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

 

[David]

Truman, I am having the same problem. You can try turning
the networking firewall 'off' in networking-properties-
advanced. Of course this is not recommended if you are on
the internet. The other thing to try is when you 'map a
network drive' by rightclicking on the 'my network
places' in explorer, you should use the "connect using a
different user name' option and then you will be asked to
log-on to the WIN XP Pro machine with a user name and
password. I still have not entirely sorted out these
problems. I don't know why Microsoft's networking
protocols are so difficult. Bye. David.