Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permissions

[Jane]

Hi all,

I have two computers hooked on a router both running windows xp sp2.
Both connect to the internet fine.
I ran Network Wizard to connect the two to share files.
Problem is....
One computer has allowed me access to the other e.g
Computer A has access to files on Computer B
But
Computer B doesnt have access to Computer A


All im getting is the message:
" \\name of computer is not accessible. You might not have permission
to use the network resource. Contact the administrator of the server
to find out if you have access permissions".
it appears in almost second after typing \\name not thinking at all.


I try ping each other and it worked fine and also turn off the
firewalls.


Please advise how to solve this.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Sharing a folder only applies to the users of that system if you use Simple
File Sharing OR you are trying to share folders outside the "My Documents
area. I would guess you are using Pro, but even Home can establish sharing
outside (by using the default "Administrator" account in Safe Mode.) First
you set Permissions for that net user account, (or create an identical
ID/Pass on your machine)
Windows XP Professional File Sharing:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm