cant access shared folders

[Bob Hansen]

Hi , my apologies if this is not the right group, couldn't find an XP group.
We recently purchased a new Linksys WRT54G version 5. We have 2 PCs, both
wired to the router. One runs Windows XP and vista RC1 on the other. We used
the Linksys "easylink connect" to set up the network. We have set folders to
"shared" on both. The workgroup names are the same on both. On both machines
we are able to see all the folders on the other machine which are set to
share. We have also set all the sharing and permission settings we can find
to "allow anyone to do anything". When we click on a shared folder on the
other machine, we get an error message "\\Patty-pc\C 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.
Access is denied." We are able to access the internet on both machines. We
also tried the Easylink advisor. Everything seemed fine. The router and
network seem to be working fine. Seems like this is a problem with
permissions or privileges. Any ideas on resolving this would be greatly
appreciated.

Bob Hansen

 

[Bob I]

Install the same user and password combinations on all PCs.

 

[Bob Hansen]

Thanks for your reply. There is only one user account on each PC, so no user
or password are used to boot.

 

[Bob I]

Then cross add them, if you want to have access to the other PC. Add the
one on A to B and add the one on B to A.