Laptop has no access to home network

[Van]

Hi there,

I've got a wireless home network set up with my desktop,
a wireless router, and my laptop. When first set up, it
seems like everything was running smoothly. However, I
haven't used my laptop in a while for no particular
reason. When I fired it up today, I found that I
couldn't seem to access my home network. I get an error
message to the effect that I may not have permission to
access the network. However, I do have Internet access
still.

I'm trying to make certain files and programs that are on
the desktop accessible over the network so I can use them
from the laptop. From the desktop, I can access any
folders on the laptop that I've made available on the
network, but not vice versa.

I've got Windows XP Home Edition running on both
machines. They're both HP Pavilions. I'm not sure what
other information to give. If anyone has any ideas on
what I should check, I would be grateful. Thanks!


Van

 

[Chuck]

Hi there,

I've got a wireless home network set up with my desktop,
a wireless router, and my laptop. When first set up, it
seems like everything was running smoothly. However, I
haven't used my laptop in a while for no particular
reason. When I fired it up today, I found that I
couldn't seem to access my home network. I get an error
message to the effect that I may not have permission to
access the network. However, I do have Internet access
still.

I'm trying to make certain files and programs that are on
the desktop accessible over the network so I can use them
from the laptop. From the desktop, I can access any
folders on the laptop that I've made available on the
network, but not vice versa.

I've got Windows XP Home Edition running on both
machines. They're both HP Pavilions. I'm not sure what
other information to give. If anyone has any ideas on
what I should check, I would be grateful. Thanks!


Van

Van,

For XP Home, make sure that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User
Manager (Start - Run - "lusrmgr.msc"), on each computer.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

And Van, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

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

 

[Guest]

Chuck,

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them out this
morning. And thanks for the advice on munging my email
address. Very much appreciated.


Van

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