XP Home Sharing File Problem

[Guest]

Hi
I set up a small office network to share internet connection. There are 2 XP Home (XP A and XP B) and 1 XP Pro (XP C) in the network. The PC hosting Internet is XP HOME (XP A).
I am trying to share files between the 3 PC. However, XP A cann access XP B and not XP C. XP B and XP C cannot access XP A
Error Msg
\\XP A is not acessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied

Why XP B can be accessed by XP C and XP C cannot be accessed by XP B? What do I need to set up
Pls help. I need to allow file sharing between these PCs urgently
Thank you

 

[Guest]

Hi Raine,
interesting to see I'm not the only one with a very
similar error message, when trying to connect computers
in a network (they share one ADSL internet connnection
without any problems). I just posted a similar inquiry a
minute or two after yours.
Fred, Switzerland

-----Original Message-----
Hi,
I set up a small office network to share internet

connection. There are 2 XP Home (XP A and XP B) and 1 XP
Pro (XP C) in the network. The PC hosting Internet is XP
HOME (XP A).

I am trying to share files between the 3 PC. However, XP

A cann access XP B and not XP C. XP B and XP C cannot
access XP A.

Error Msg:
\\XP A is not acessible. You might not have permission

to use this network resource. Contact the administrator
of this server to find out if you have access
permissions. Access is denied.

Why XP B can be accessed by XP C and XP C cannot be

accessed by XP B? What do I need to set up?

 

[Guest]

What do you have your network set up through? (swutch/hub?

Try setting up static IP addresses for all of the computers. Try 192.168.0.1-3 for the computers and try again. I also assume you ran the network setup wizard on all computers using the same workgroup?

 

[Ben]

I too have a similar problem. I just have two computers,
on with XP home, one with PRO. I can access a share on
my pro from my home (I created a user acct. on the pro
for the access), but cannot access my HOME from my PRO.
It wants a login (username & pass) but i don't have one..

 

[Guest]

All 3 PCs can ping each other. XP A has static IP (192.168.0.1), XP B has dynamic IP and XP C has private static IP (192.168.0.2). Since they can share Internet connection, why can't they access each other?
However, I managed to map network drive using net use. Although this will solve some file sharing problem, I want to know what is causing the problem.
Pls help.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hi,
I set up a small office network to share internet connection. There are 2 XP Home (XP A and XP B) and 1 XP Pro (XP C) in the network. The PC hosting Internet is XP HOME (XP A).
I am trying to share files between the 3 PC. However, XP A cann access XP B and not XP C. XP B and XP C cannot access XP A.
Error Msg:
\\XP A is not acessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied.

Why XP B can be accessed by XP C and XP C cannot be accessed by XP B? What do I need to set up?
Pls help. I need to allow file sharing between these PCs urgently.
Thank you.

These tips should help you get everything working:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewall
programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a firewall
program, use the un-install procedure provided by the manufacturer .
Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, which might not
completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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