workgroup network issues

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There are 3 computers on my network- I have a desktop with xp home and a
laptop with xp pro and my roommate has a desktop with xp home. All 3
computers are on the same windows network and all 3 show all the other
computers in the network connections window, however my desktop and laptop
cannot be accessed from any computer. My roommates desktop can be accessed
from both my desktop and laptop.

When I try to acces my desktop and laptop I receive this error message "You
might not have permission to use the network resources. Contact the
administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The
network path was not found."

My desktop and laptop used to be able to connect to eachother and I made no
changes. I have read a lot online about different things to try (download
windows server resource tool kit, change registry values to allow annoymous
users access, and enabled netbios protocol). Before trying these steps one of
my computers (it changed depending on which was restarted last) could not
even view the other workgroup computers and the other could view itself and
my roommate's comp, after trying some of these fixes I was then able to view
all 3 workgroup computers from all 3 computers but I can't figure out what I
have to do to access them.

I am running McAffee on both my computers and have checked that the firewall
settings are set to allow ip addresses in the local range, and the windows
firewall is set to allow file and printer sharing.

I can ping my roommate's comp from both of mine but neither of mine from the
other one or hers.

Any other tips to help me view AND access files on my computers from the
other computers on the network? Any help would really be appreciated, thanks!

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

If turn off windows firewall and do clean boot, can you ping?

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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

There are 3 computers on my network- I have a desktop with xp home and a
laptop with xp pro and my roommate has a desktop with xp home. All 3
computers are on the same windows network and all 3 show all the other
computers in the network connections window, however my desktop and laptop
cannot be accessed from any computer. My roommates desktop can be accessed
from both my desktop and laptop.

When I try to acces my desktop and laptop I receive this error message "You
might not have permission to use the network resources. Contact the
administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The
network path was not found."

My desktop and laptop used to be able to connect to eachother and I made no
changes. I have read a lot online about different things to try (download
windows server resource tool kit, change registry values to allow annoymous
users access, and enabled netbios protocol). Before trying these steps one of
my computers (it changed depending on which was restarted last) could not
even view the other workgroup computers and the other could view itself and
my roommate's comp, after trying some of these fixes I was then able to view
all 3 workgroup computers from all 3 computers but I can't figure out what I
have to do to access them.

I am running McAffee on both my computers and have checked that the firewall
settings are set to allow ip addresses in the local range, and the windows
firewall is set to allow file and printer sharing.

I can ping my roommate's comp from both of mine but neither of mine from the
other one or hers.

Any other tips to help me view AND access files on my computers from the
other computers on the network? Any help would really be appreciated, thanks!

If your computers have McAfee's firewall program installed, you must
disable the Windows Firewall. Running two firewalls can cause the
type of problems that you describe.

If that doesn't help, start your computers in "Safe mode with
networking" and try to access them over the network. If that works, a
program that only runs in normal mode, such as the McAfee firewall, is
causing the problem.

To find out for sure whether the McAfee firewall is causing the
problem, un-install (don't just disable) the firewall program.
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