Why doesn't folder sharing work on XP Home?

[Yousuf Khan]

I have a laptop that has Windows XP Home installed on it. It's fully
patched up to the latest service pack and patches. I've got the File and
Printer Sharing module loaded on. But any file folders that are shared
from this laptop cannot be accessed by other machines, even if they are
other Windows XP machines. This laptop can mount and use shares from
other machines, it just doesn't work the other way.

My desktop pc was also once running Win XP, Pro in this case. I was able
to do all kinds of sharing from that machine. It has been since upgraded
to Windows 7, and still the laptop can see and make use of folders
shared from the desktop like normal, but not the other way.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bob I]

Firewall still on?
See Help, File sharing
Enable file and printer sharing using the Network Setup Wizard

 

[Yousuf Khan]

Firewall still on?
See Help, File sharing
Enable file and printer sharing using the Network Setup Wizard

First thing I checked was whether that module was allowed by the Windows
firewall. However, you bring up an interesting point. Sometimes the
machine thinks I'm on a public network rather than a trusted network.
I'll have to check that again.

Yousuf Khan

 

[Bob I]

Hey perfect! I didn't think to rerun the Network Setup Wizard to do
this. I'd been setting up folder sharing since Windows 2000 days, so I
tended to go for the manual method setting it up. Didn't think there
would be a difference between that and the wizard.

Yousuf Khan

You're welcome, have a great day!

 

[W****n S.]

You're welcome, have a great day!

MY GOD, an answer with the MS usenet servers down. How could it be that
something could be answered with no MVPs.

MY GOD!!

 

[Bob I]

MY GOD, an answer with the MS usenet servers down. How could it be that
something could be answered with no MVPs.

MY GOD!!

Hate to burst your bubble, but this was through the MS News server.