Problems sharing Printer or files.

[Guest]

I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista can
see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc... Neither
machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use to
be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it stopped.
No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista on
the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am sure
its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.

I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the Vista
machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is there,
it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it just
stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
needed.

Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
need.

Any help would be great.

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

1. it is not good idea to use blank password.
2. Make sure you assign permission in the Security tab.
These posts may help,

Solved: Vista is not accessiblePost Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: Solved: Vista is not ... But what I did was to turn on password protection on both computers in the ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=810&sid=fc9f9c45fbc04334afd371bbb4f6e376

Vista: should not use blank ...Vista: should not use blank password for sharing ... thing however -- you cannot have a blank password if passwords are required > for sharing. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?p=960&sid=9f7c8344b9bc99c4fd58ea01469f1f5b



Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista can
see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc... Neither
machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use to
be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it stopped.
No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista on
the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am sure
its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.

I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the Vista
machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is there,
it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it just
stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
needed.

Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
need.

Any help would be great.

 

[koze]

I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista
can
see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc...
Neither
machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use
to
be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it
stopped.
No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista
on
the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am
sure
its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.

I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the
Vista
machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is
there,
it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it
just
stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
needed.

Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
need.

Any help would be great.

 

[koze]

One if these two links should give the needed info, one for the Vista
machine the second for other machines:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

for other PC's

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx#EZOAC

Ko.

 

[Guest]

I know how to network and share. The problem is not that simple. Yes I know
its more secure to use passwords but in my case I am not needing or wanting
to password protect my systems. The fact that the option to tune off
password protected sharing is there but once set to off and applied it does
not turn it off. It just stays on after the apply button is selected.

 

[koze]

If you are running Vista without a password and XP to, you "Have" to enable
the Guest account and give that overall rights to be able to share the
printer and other files.

Ko.

 

[Gloria Boyer [MSFT]]

Hi Andy. Vista actually requires a password for file and printer sharing.
It's not optional, even if you have password-protected sharing off.

Hope this helps!

Thanks,
Gloria