Can't see new XP machine on home network?

[Bryan]

I have three machines on my home network. All connect to a router which
connects to cable modem. All 3 are configured for the same workgroup name.
#1 is XP Home, #2 is Windows ME, #3 is XP Pro. Both XP's have built-in
Internet Connection Firewall disabled. All have shared files and/or folders.
The two XP machines also have shared printers. All three can access the
internet.

#3 can see and access files and printers on the other two machines.

#1 can see and access files on #2 and visa versa.

Both #1 and #2 can see #3 in the workgroup but can't access it to see any
shared printers or folders. Trying to acces #3 results in a message that
indicates "you may not have permission...". Also note that #3 has a user
account and password set-up that match #1's user logon id and password (this
is legacy from previous networking magic when #3 was Win2K Pro).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks, Bryan

 

[Chuck]

I have three machines on my home network. All connect to a router which
connects to cable modem. All 3 are configured for the same workgroup name.
#1 is XP Home, #2 is Windows ME, #3 is XP Pro. Both XP's have built-in
Internet Connection Firewall disabled. All have shared files and/or folders.
The two XP machines also have shared printers. All three can access the
internet.

#3 can see and access files and printers on the other two machines.

#1 can see and access files on #2 and visa versa.

Both #1 and #2 can see #3 in the workgroup but can't access it to see any
shared printers or folders. Trying to acces #3 results in a message that
indicates "you may not have permission...". Also note that #3 has a user
account and password set-up that match #1's user logon id and password (this
is legacy from previous networking magic when #3 was Win2K Pro).

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks, Bryan

Bryan,

On #3, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel - Folder Options -
View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro, you need to have
the SFS settings properly set on each computer.

If SFS is enabled, make sure that the Guest account is enabled on each computer
(with an identical, non-blank password where settable). If SFS is disabled, you
should be able to use a common, non Guest account between computers (again with
an identical, non-blank password).

<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

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

 

[steve]

i ran into the same problem, too. just got it fixed
yesterday.
if you didn't change and default setting or whatsoever.
try to 'un-share' EVERYTHING on the problem machine (#3).
then share it again and see if that helps. that is how i
fixed mine.

 

[Bryan]

SFS was already enabled on all machines but did not have a pw. Adding a
non-blank password to #3's built-in GUEST account did the trick. Thanks for
the tip.....

Bryan

 

[Chuck]

SFS was already enabled on all machines but did not have a pw. Adding a
non-blank password to #3's built-in GUEST account did the trick. Thanks for
the tip.....

Bryan

Excellent, Bryan. Thanks for the update.

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