Networking problem

[Guest]

My host pc is running XP Home and my Client has XP Pro. From the clent i can see the files on the host and share the internet and printer. From the host when i "view workgroup computers" I can see the client but when i click on the icon i get the following error message :
"Not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource." The network path was not found.
I can ping both IP addresses from the client but from the host I cannot ping my own address - could this be part of the problem

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

Any firewall running?

My host pc is running XP Home and my Client has XP Pro. From the clent i

can see the files on the host and share the internet and printer. From the
host when i "view workgroup computers" I can see the client but when i
click on the icon i get the following error message :-

"Not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network

resource." The network path was not found.

I can ping both IP addresses from the client but from the host I cannot

ping my own address - could this be part of the problem/

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem (only, I'm using XP Home on both PCs) and I did have a firewall, but when I saw your advice and turned it off, nothing changed. I appreciate the effort, but it didn't help, I'm still getting the same error message. Any other ideas

----- Rob Elder, MVP-Networking wrote: ----

Any firewall running

My host pc is running XP Home and my Client has XP Pro. From the clent

can see the files on the host and share the internet and printer. From th
host when i "view workgroup computers" I can see the client but when
click on the icon i get the following error message :

"Not accessible. you might not have permission to use this networ

resource." The network path was not found

I can ping both IP addresses from the client but from the host I canno

ping my own address - could this be part of the problem

 

[Chuck]

I have the same problem (only, I'm using XP Home on both PCs) and I did have a firewall, but when I saw your advice and turned it off, nothing changed. I appreciate the effort, but it didn't help, I'm still getting the same error message. Any other ideas?

----- Rob Elder, MVP-Networking wrote: -----

Any firewall running?


can see the files on the host and share the internet and printer. From the
host when i "view workgroup computers" I can see the client but when i
click on the icon i get the following error message :-
resource." The network path was not found.
ping my own address - could this be part of the problem/

Tasha,

Un install the third-party firewall, using all procedures specified by
the vendor. Many times, folks report like you that file sharing
doesn't work with a firewall turned off, but find it does work when
the firewall is un installed.

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

 

[D Fitzgerald]

Thanks! I have had exactly the same problem. Just
uninstalled firewall and it is solved.

-----Original Message-----

both PCs) and I did have a firewall, but when I saw your
advice and turned it off, nothing changed. I appreciate
the effort, but it didn't help, I'm still getting the
same error message. Any other ideas?