setting shared permissions for window xp professional

[Guest]

Ok, I have windows xp professional on my lap-top and xp home on my other two computers. I have a home network set up. The networks works and the files on my computers with xp home are shared just fine. But when I try to access a shared folder from the laptop with xp pro, It says "\\Laptop\***** is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...." But I cannot figure out how to give my other computers permission??????? I go to the folder, right click and go to "Sharing and security..." but within that I cannot figure it out. XP Home was much easier to make a file shared on the network. Anyone with any ideas? Thanks

 

[Chuck]

Ok, I have windows xp professional on my lap-top and xp home on my other two computers. I have a home network set up. The networks works and the files on my computers with xp home are shared just fine. But when I try to access a shared folder from the laptop with xp pro, It says "\\Laptop\***** is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...." But I cannot figure out how to give my other computers permission??????? I go to the folder, right click and go to "Sharing and security..." but within that I cannot figure it out. XP Home was much easier to make a file shared on the network. Anyone with any ideas? Thanks

On the XP Pro laptop, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro
and XP Home mixed, you need to enable SFS.

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.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Ok, I have windows xp professional on my lap-top and xp home on my other two computers. I have a home network set up. The networks works and the files on my computers with xp home are shared just fine. But when I try to access a shared folder from the laptop with xp pro, It says "\\Laptop\***** is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource...." But I cannot figure out how to give my other computers permission??????? I go to the folder, right click and go to "Sharing and security..." but within that I cannot figure it out. XP Home was much easier to make a file shared on the network. Anyone with any ideas? Thanks

If you've disabled simple file sharing, see this article for full
details of setting file permissions:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
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[Guest]

On the XP Pro, double click on the "My Computer" icon on the desktop. Click on Tools, Folder Options, View. Scroll down to the bottom of the list, and uncheck "Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended)". Now, go to a shared folder, right click and click on "Sharing and Security". Now you should see the permissions tab. After left clicking on that, you should see a box with "Everyone". This is how you wish to share these files with everyone on the network. If these files are sensitive, this can be dangerous to use this ID. Most people like to put their user name in for the XP or create a new user on the XP Pro to match the XP Home. Select the options for each user. In most configurations, if you allowed only a specific user to have access, it will prompt you for user name and password when you hit the file. To reduce this, you can map the drive by clicking on "My Computer" from the desktop of the XP Home. Then, click on Tools and Map Network Drive. Find the computer and shared file. If your user name and password are different on this machine from the XP Pro, then also click on "Connect using a different user name". Just so you know, to my knowledge, XP Home shares are pretty much open to the world unless you use a good firewall.