When logged onto WinXP Home machines, I recieve access
denied errors when attempting to connect to Win2KPro
shares. Workgroups are the same. User Name and
Passwords are the same. I've tried to connect with and
without passwords, and nothing seems to work.
The "Everyone" group has full access. The
user account we are logged in as also has full access.
I've never experienced this problem with WinXPPro. Could
it be something with WinXPHome?
Thanks for any help.
Stevens,
On any 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 on the LAN, you need to have SFS
properly set on each XP Pro computer.
With XP Pro, 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".
With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only",
make sure that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager
(Start - Run - "lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank,
password on all computers. If "Classic", setup and use a common
non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank, password on all
computers.
For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure
that the Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User Manager
(Start - Run - "lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.
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.
And Stevens, please don't contribute to the spread and success of
email address mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address
properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums.
Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
