XP Home Edition SP2 & Pro SP2 network problem

[YZ]

I'm trying to set up a home network with the following components, a
desktop running XP Home Edition SP2 with a printer attached, a laptop
runing XP Pro SP2, a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router, a DSL modem.

I want to share files and printer on my desktop. I ran network setup
wizard on both computers and rebooted them. I chose to share files and
printers on both. The laptop machine could see the desktop machine as
part of the MS network I had created, but couldn't access file or
printer on the desktop. The desktop couldn't even see the laptop
computer as part of the MS network.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

yz

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Go to Control Panel and select printer.
Right click to the printer and select properties.
Then you check Share. After that go to Security tab and check
permissions.

Greets,
Wolla

 

[Chuck]

I'm trying to set up a home network with the following components, a
desktop running XP Home Edition SP2 with a printer attached, a laptop
runing XP Pro SP2, a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router, a DSL modem.

I want to share files and printer on my desktop. I ran network setup
wizard on both computers and rebooted them. I chose to share files and
printers on both. The laptop machine could see the desktop machine as
part of the MS network I had created, but couldn't access file or
printer on the desktop. The desktop couldn't even see the laptop
computer as part of the MS network.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

yz

You probably have a misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, or other
security component. There are several other possibilities too, and any might be
the cause of your problem. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

You could look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose the problem. Read
this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Patty]

I'm trying to set up a home network with the following components, a
desktop running XP Home Edition SP2 with a printer attached, a laptop
runing XP Pro SP2, a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router, a DSL modem.

I want to share files and printer on my desktop. I ran network setup
wizard on both computers and rebooted them. I chose to share files and
printers on both. The laptop machine could see the desktop machine as
part of the MS network I had created, but couldn't access file or
printer on the desktop. The desktop couldn't even see the laptop
computer as part of the MS network.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

yz

You have to make sure you share the specific printer and folders on the
desktop. Right click the folder you want to share and choose Sharing.
Follow the steps to share the folder(s). I don't think you have to set a
lot of permissions with XP Home, it should use just simple file sharing.
Do the same with the printer, go to Start -> Printers and Faxes -> then
right click on the printer you wish to share and select Sharing. Follow
the steps there to share the printer.

Patty

 

[YZ]

Thanks for all replies.

I'd shared folders on both computers and printer on desktop machine,
but none worked. Since the desktop couldn't even see the laptop, there
were other issues other than sharing, I believe.

I quickly checked Chuck's blogs. There are several things I can try to
debug my problem(s).

I'll keep you posted.

yz