Networks files are read only

[Guest]

I have a laptop (wirelessly connected to router) and pc (hard wired) in home
network. All improitant files are on laptop but need to be accessed from
desktop. When i open workgroup I see laptop and double clicking i see
folders and files as expected. When i try to open a file however it opens as
read only and any cahnges i make cannot be saved back to the network folder.

So I end up with most of my files on the laptop but the few i have accessed
and changed on the pc, sitting there with no easy way of being able to
overwrite the laptop file (or indeed save a new file created on the pc to the
laptop).


On a different but potentially related issue. When I open workgroup in
laptop I see boththe laptop and pc but double clicking pc gives me a window
asking for a user name and password to connect to pc. If I enter username
and password (or user on pc) I get message:

\\pc is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions.
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer


Can someone help - so I can use my network properly please?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Did you configure the shared folder on the laptop to allow network users to
make changes? That's an option on the dialog that appears when you share
the folder.

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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a laptop (wirelessly connected to router) and pc (hard wired) in home
network. All improitant files are on laptop but need to be accessed from
desktop. When i open workgroup I see laptop and double clicking i see
folders and files as expected. When i try to open a file however it opens as
read only and any cahnges i make cannot be saved back to the network folder.

So I end up with most of my files on the laptop but the few i have accessed
and changed on the pc, sitting there with no easy way of being able to
overwrite the laptop file (or indeed save a new file created on the pc to the
laptop).


On a different but potentially related issue. When I open workgroup in
laptop I see boththe laptop and pc but double clicking pc gives me a window
asking for a user name and password to connect to pc. If I enter username
and password (or user on pc) I get message:

\\pc is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions.
Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at
this computer


Can someone help - so I can use my network properly please?

I agree with Richard Harper's reply about the read-only files.

The problem and the solution to the "Logon failure" problem are on the
computer that can't be accessed (pc). Run XP's Network Setup Wizard
on that computer -- that's often all that's needed. If that doesn't
fix the problem, keep reading.

If the pc runs Windows XP Professional:

1. Click Start | Run, type "secpol.msc" in the box, and click OK.
2. Click Local Policies.
3. Click User Rights Assignment.
4. Click "Access this computer from the network" and make sure that
the Everyone group is included.
5. Click "Deny access to this computer from the network" and make sure
that the Everyone group is NOT included.

If the pc runs Windows XP Home Edition, the "secpol.msc" program isn't
available. To make the required user rights assignments:

1. Download and install the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools
from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544 .

2. Click Start | All Programs | Windows Resource Kit Tools | Command
Shell.

3. Type these lines at the command prompt. The second and third
commands are case-sensitive, so type them exactly as shown. Note the
"+r" in the second one and the "-r" in the third one:

net user guest /active:yes
ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
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[Guest]

Thank you very much - this sorted the problem and file sharing now works as
expected.