winxp pro &xp home peer to peer

[caribbeanGT]

using
XP PRO & HOME
HUB AND STRAIGHT CABLES BOTH are working and tested

My problem is with i set up the network using TCP/IP
is I cannot access the share folders .. I can see then when i open
Network Neighborhood but cannot open the folders
I get the ERROR - U do not have permission
This error works both ways Pro to Home and HOme to Pro
each computer has 1 Admin account no password and Static Ip addresses
I can also ping each from the other

Please help out

MIke

 

[Jerry]

Is the built in firewall turned off on both systems?

 

[Carey Holzman]

Do you have Norton AntiVirus installed?

If so, see
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2000092713243506

Carey

 

[Chuck]

using
XP PRO & HOME
HUB AND STRAIGHT CABLES BOTH are working and tested

My problem is with i set up the network using TCP/IP
is I cannot access the share folders .. I can see then when i open
Network Neighborhood but cannot open the folders
I get the ERROR - U do not have permission
This error works both ways Pro to Home and HOme to Pro
each computer has 1 Admin account no password and Static Ip addresses
I can also ping each from the other

Please help out

MIke

Mike,

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

For XP Home, and for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445
and UDP 137, 138, 445, by enabling the File and Printer Sharing exception, 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
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.