File/printer sharing problem on home network (no access)

[Guest]

I'm having trouble sharing files and accessing the printer on my home
network. All three computers have XP SP2. I use a Linksys WRK54G wireless
router. The base unit can share files with the two wireless units. The two
wireless units can share files with each other, but not with the base unit.
The wireless computers see the base unit on the network, but when I try to
reach the base unit I get this error message:

" COMPUTER_NAME is not accessible error message... you might not have
permission... logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested
logon type at this computer."

I have granted Shared Permissions on the base unit.

Any solutions to this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

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.... is not accessible

Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. Network path was not found."

Resolutions:
1) make sure no any firewall running.
2) make sure you have created the same workgroup, and the same username on
w2k/xp for logging on a remote computer.
3) check user's rights.
4) you may want to enable guest account on w2k/xp.
5) if you are using simple file sharing, you may try to disable it and
re-share the drive manually.
6) if it is mixed OS (win98, NT, ME and W2K/XP) network, enable NetBIOS over
TCP/IP.
7) make sure the Computer Browser service is started if all computers are
w2k/xp.
8) stop Computer Browser service on win9x, ME and NT if this is a mixed OS
network.
9) cache credential by using net use \\computername\share /user:username
command (it is better to have the username logon shared computer).
10) if you have tried enabling netbios over tcp/ip but doesn't work, you may
try to load netbeui (loading netbeui may slow your network).
11) Make sure the server service is running.
12) If you can see the share in Network Neighborhood but not access it, this
issue may be resolved by verifying that both the share permissions and the
NTFS partition permissions are correctly configured for individual user or
group access.

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[Chuck]

I'm having trouble sharing files and accessing the printer on my home
network. All three computers have XP SP2. I use a Linksys WRK54G wireless
router. The base unit can share files with the two wireless units. The two
wireless units can share files with each other, but not with the base unit.
The wireless computers see the base unit on the network, but when I try to
reach the base unit I get this error message:

" COMPUTER_NAME is not accessible error message... you might not have
permission... logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested
logon type at this computer."

I have granted Shared Permissions on the base unit.

Any solutions to this problem would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

Fozzy,

Are you running XP Home or Pro on the 3 computers? Or a mixture? This makes a
difference.

On any XP Pro computer, 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 SFS properly set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to properly configure them for file sharing. With the Windows
Firewall, for instance, be sure to enable the File and Printer Sharing
exception, and set the scope to your subnet. Firewall configurations are a very
common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
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