network share issue between 2 xp pro computers

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My windows 2000 install on this computer recently died
pretty hard (bluescreened but restarted too quickly to see
what the error was and repair install didnt help) so I
backed up and formatted and installed XP. My laptop came
preinstalled with xp (pro) and I've always had an odd
issue with that.. I have the drive shared on it but can
only connect to it immediately after changing the computer
name, and if i restart again it won't connect. Thats not
the main issue though since before I could always connect
to this computer from the laptop and then transfer
whatever I needed to that way. I had sharing set up pretty
well before in win2k, had both drives shared as well as
the printer and created a few accounts and set permissions
for everything.. I've tried toset up everything in xp the
way I normally would but haven't had a single bit of luck,
I never get the logon box when I try getting into this
computer from the laptop (using '\\computer name or ip
address") it either says that it can't find it or doesn't
have the right permissions. In shares under computer
management it'll say that the IPC share has a user logged
in. I turned off simple file sharing and also tried some
things in security policy settings with no luck. This is
seriously bothering me because I'm a technician (not MCSE
yet..) and alot of people say I can fix anything.. so this
is rather annoying.. anyone have any suggestions? both
computers can ping each other, internet works, and
transferring files works over the network through file
sharing clients and after I change the computer name on
the laptop (connecting to the laptop from the desktop).
thanks
 
My windows 2000 install on this computer recently died
pretty hard (bluescreened but restarted too quickly to see
what the error was and repair install didnt help) so I
backed up and formatted and installed XP. My laptop came
preinstalled with xp (pro) and I've always had an odd
issue with that.. I have the drive shared on it but can
only connect to it immediately after changing the computer
name, and if i restart again it won't connect. Thats not
the main issue though since before I could always connect
to this computer from the laptop and then transfer
whatever I needed to that way. I had sharing set up pretty
well before in win2k, had both drives shared as well as
the printer and created a few accounts and set permissions
for everything.. I've tried toset up everything in xp the
way I normally would but haven't had a single bit of luck,
I never get the logon box when I try getting into this
computer from the laptop (using '\\computer name or ip
address") it either says that it can't find it or doesn't
have the right permissions. In shares under computer
management it'll say that the IPC share has a user logged
in. I turned off simple file sharing and also tried some
things in security policy settings with no luck. This is
seriously bothering me because I'm a technician (not MCSE
yet..) and alot of people say I can fix anything.. so this
is rather annoying.. anyone have any suggestions? both
computers can ping each other, internet works, and
transferring files works over the network through file
sharing clients and after I change the computer name on
the laptop (connecting to the laptop from the desktop).
thanks
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IBMMan,

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

How are you connecting the two computers? Direct? Thru a router?

Do you have any software firewalls (ICF or third party) on either computer?
Ever?

You have to have the SFS settings identical on both computers for sharing to
work.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (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".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Yeah I had set that to classic when I was messing with it.
I'm at college so both computers are on dhcp. disabling
the firewall doesnt make a difference, and both computers
are logged in with the same account name and password



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Yeah I had set that to classic when I was messing with it.
I'm at college so both computers are on dhcp. disabling
the firewall doesnt make a difference, and both computers
are logged in with the same account name and password
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What firewall did you disable? Some firewalls don't react well to being
disabled, and are known to cause problems like this.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Please 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.
 
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