Networking XP Home and XP Pro...

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hi

I am sure I've done something silly but.....

I am networking 2 PCs and my laptop within my house.
I use a D-link Di624 wireless router, with Telewest 10Mb internet connection.

1 PC has XP Pro
1 PC has XP Home
and the laptop is XP Home

They are all on the same Workgoup (Rands family), all use wireless with WEP
encryption, and they all use Sygate Personal firewall.

All the firewalls have the ip addresses set up to allow access, (in advanced
rules and options). I have set up file and printer sharing, and simple file
sharing on all computers.

And here is the problem;
The XP Pro PC can see the Laptop and the XP Home PC, (and see into their
shared directorys).

The XP Home PC can see the laptop, (and into shared directorys). It can also
see the XP Pro PC, but cant see it's directorys, (access denied)

The laptop can see the XP Pro and the XP Home PC, but can only see into the
XP home pc.

I can go on MSN messenger if ayone wants to talk me through it.
 
Uninstall all firewalls (don't disable them, uninstall them; most
third-party firewalls don't properly disable) and test network connectivity.
If all is well then, reinstall the firewalls and reconfigure for network
access. If not, post back with detailed error messages.

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hi

I am sure I've done something silly but.....

I am networking 2 PCs and my laptop within my house.
I use a D-link Di624 wireless router, with Telewest 10Mb internet connection.

1 PC has XP Pro
1 PC has XP Home
and the laptop is XP Home

They are all on the same Workgoup (Rands family), all use wireless with WEP
encryption, and they all use Sygate Personal firewall.

All the firewalls have the ip addresses set up to allow access, (in advanced
rules and options). I have set up file and printer sharing, and simple file
sharing on all computers.

And here is the problem;
The XP Pro PC can see the Laptop and the XP Home PC, (and see into their
shared directorys).

The XP Home PC can see the laptop, (and into shared directorys). It can also
see the XP Pro PC, but cant see it's directorys, (access denied)

The laptop can see the XP Pro and the XP Home PC, but can only see into the
XP home pc.

I can go on MSN messenger if ayone wants to talk me through it.
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On the XP Pro PC, run the registry editor (Start | Run | regedit) and
open this key:

HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA

Set the value of RestrictAnonymous to 0. Reboot and try accessing the
XP Pro PC from the other computers again.
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Steve Winograd said:
On the XP Pro PC, run the registry editor (Start | Run | regedit) and
open this key:

HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA

Set the value of RestrictAnonymous to 0. Reboot and try accessing the
XP Pro PC from the other computers again.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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Hey, this worked.

I will now start to re-introduce firewalls etc. but it looks good so far, I
was even able to print over the network.

I will let you know how I get on, on Thursday as I have a course in Aberdeen
Wednesday.

Thank you so much for you help.
 
Hey, this worked.

I will now start to re-introduce firewalls etc. but it looks good so far, I
was even able to print over the network.

I will let you know how I get on, on Thursday as I have a course in Aberdeen
Wednesday.

Thank you so much for you help.
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You're welcome. Your description is a classic example of the
"RestrictAnonymous" problem: a computer is visible on the network, but
trying to browse it to see its shared resources results in the "access
denied" message. In such a case, you can access a shared disk or
folder directly by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this
format:

\\computer\share

A misconfigured firewall would make a computer invisible on the
network.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
 
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