Network browsing problems in Vista RC1

[Guest]

I have 3 computers hookup to my network. Two of them have XP and the other
Vista RC1.
I can see all three computers in the network in each computer.
In Vista I can browse the file for each computer. The problem that I have
is that in the XP one when I try to browse the document for the Vista one I
get the following error:
\\<Vista RC1> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. I have turn on the file and printer sharing on the vista
but for some reason I can browse it. Any suggestions

Thank you

 

[Guest]

Hi,
Vista set the protections much higher than XP. You must set the security in
each drive or file to give "everyone" or if you have to log on to VISTA from
each network computer, those users, control to do what you want. Full,READ,
Write, etc.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your reply

I check my shared folder and printer in my Vista machine and the permsion
for Everyone is set.

When I view my network workgroup in my XP machine, I see all the machines
including the Vista one. Once I click on the Vista machine to try to view
the shared files and printer I get the error "\<Vista RC1 machine name> is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource"

Thank you,
Mando

 

[Jimmy Brush]

Hello,

There are 2 sets of permissions available to you when you are dealing with
sharing - Sharing permissions and access permissions. Sharing permissions
control who has access to the share and limits the most access they can
have, while ACCESS permissions limit who can access the folder/file,
regardless of how they are trying to access it.

You will need to set the everyone permission on both the sharing permissions
(sharing tab) as well as the access permission (security tab).

This is a little confusing at first. For example, if you give EVERYONE only
read-only access in the sharing tab, and give EVERYONE full-control in the
security tab, what access does EVERYONE get? Well, they get the LEAST access
possible - so the sharing read-only permission overrides the write
permission granted to EVERYONE in the security tab. This also works the
other way around.

On way to do it is to give everyone full control of the SHARING permissions
(sharing tab), and then use the access permissions (security tab) to control
exactly what access they get (read-only, full control, etc). In this way,
you only have to mess around with one set of security permissions.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

I tried this before and I still have the issue. I double check to make
sure I have done what you ask me.

I didn't have this problem when I was using XP Pro instead of Vista.

Thank you

 

[Garry Grolman]

Yes - I too have been trying and trying and trying to access my Vista RC2
from an XP machine over a home network.

After 2 weeks - no luck yet. But still trying.

I feel that there is something basic about this problem. How about Microsoft
giving us a screen or set of screens to make our Vista machines accessable
to XP machines on the LAN. Where one can have one checkbox to make disc C:
accessable to network users - not internet users and the network user would
have access rights as 'Administrator on Vista' or 'Limited user on Vista'.
Perhaps even a default User Name like NetworkUser so that this NetworkUser
would have his own folder system under 'Users'.

Home LANs do not seem to be high on Microsofts priority listings. Home
networks are becoming more and more popular for a variety of reasons. Yes
yes, I know Microsoft wants Vista to have security, security and more
security but I feel I should have the possibility on enabling file sharing
over the LAN available to me with 'easy' screens to enable me to do this.

Microsoft - take heed. Listen to wot the user says.

Garry

 

[Guest]

i´ll personal thinks this is god becasue the sequrity in vista mist come even
in microft sowtware and if whe see to Xp home version ther the most home user
run there machines as administrator. But i´ll think i´ts realy easy to share
folder in lan but ofcourse they could imoplemented a guide or thomting to do
it easyer for peopel thath don´t now how too do

 

[Guest]

Mando:
This is THE solution, because I had the same problem.
Right click on the drive and choose Properties.
Click on the Security tab.
Click on Everyone.
You will see that there is not a check neither on "Read & execute" nor "List
folder contents"
THAT is the problem.
Click on Advanced.
Click on Edit.
Choose Everyone and click on Edit.
Change the "Apply to" dropdown list to "This folder, subfolders, and files"
Accept as needed.
You are ready to go.
Carlos