File sharing between XP-home laptop and XP-Professional desktop

[Guest]

My home network config is as follow
1) A wireless router connecting to broadband modem for internet browsing
2) A XP professional desktop connected to router by Network cable
3) A XP home laptop connected to router 'wirelessly'
4) MS client and file/print sharing services have been enabled in desktop
and laptop

Existing condition
1) Both desktop and laptop can access internet
2) XP home laptop can browse file shared by XP professional desktop

Problem
** XP professional desktop CANNOT browse file shared by XP home laptop

Anyone can help to resolve the problem ?
Any additional setup is required so that the desktop can access laptop's
file as well ?

Thanks by Dick Buu Buu

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

My home network config is as follow
1) A wireless router connecting to broadband modem for internet browsing
2) A XP professional desktop connected to router by Network cable
3) A XP home laptop connected to router 'wirelessly'
4) MS client and file/print sharing services have been enabled in desktop
and laptop

Existing condition
1) Both desktop and laptop can access internet
2) XP home laptop can browse file shared by XP professional desktop

Problem
** XP professional desktop CANNOT browse file shared by XP home laptop

Anyone can help to resolve the problem ?
Any additional setup is required so that the desktop can access laptop's
file as well ?

Thanks by Dick Buu Buu

It's hard to say what the problem is -- we don't know how you're
trying to browse the laptop from the desktop or what happens when you
do it. Can you be more specific than "CANNOT browse"? What exactly
are you doing, and what does the error message say?

Here are some general fixes that might help:

1. Make sure that a firewall on the laptop isn't blocking access.

2. Run the Network Setup Wizard on the laptop. If the Wizard finds
the router's shared Internet connection, tell it to use that.
Otherwise, tell it that the computer connects to the Internet through
a residential gateway (router).
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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