FAT & NTFS

[JS]

I have 2pcs A and B. A is connected directly to the internet via ADSL. A has
FAT file system and B has NTFS (XP SP2 Pro on both) . SFS has been disabled.
Local Security Policy for Sharing and Network access is set to Classic.
Still I am unable to share drives on both PCs. Is there something I'm
missing?

Hi Atif

Is File and Printer Sharing being blocked by Windows Firewall?

To find out: Control Panel -> Windows Firewall -> Exceptions. File and
Printer Sharing should be checked to allow it to work through the firewall.

 

[Star Fleet Admiral Q]

FYI - the format of the drives are immaterial, as the OS on the host system
actually does the reading/writing of files to the drive.
Check as JS stated "Printer & File Sharing", but also, with SP2, you may
have a misconfigured firewall on one or both PC's.

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[Atif Rahman]

I have 2pcs A and B. A is connected directly to the internet via ADSL. A has
FAT file system and B has NTFS (XP SP2 Pro on both) . SFS has been disabled.
Local Security Policy for Sharing and Network access is set to Classic.
Still I am unable to share drives on both PCs. Is there something I'm
missing?

 

[Nigel M]

error saying "Workgroup is not accessible ...

Are they both on the workgroup "Workgroup"?

XP has an annoying habit of using MSHOME

 

[Jetro]

....unable to share drives... and ...workgroup is not accessible...: Do you
have a good antivirus and all Windows critical updates installed? Open
Command Prompt, run *net share* and ensure the systems have IPC$ share.

 

[Atif Rahman]

I have checked the Firewall, File and Printer sharing is not being blocked.
Still I canot access the Network. When I try to see the other computer
Network Places--> View workgroup computers, it gives an error saying "
Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have the permission to use this
network resource........