XP networking mystery....

[Brian Reay]

Small home network, 5 PCs all Win XP (4 "Home", 1 Pro").

All have sharing of shared folders enabled (read only), one shares a printer
(other printer on network directly).

All access the shared folders and internet fine (so network is working).

Now the mystery.

Looking at "View Network Computers" and I can see all of them. However,
clicking on any of them, other than the XP Pro one, gives a permission
denied message and I can't see the facilities being shared. I can see them
on the Pro one.

Nothing in the various setups I can see accounts for this.

Ideas, please?

Brian

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

Looking at "View Network Computers" and I can see all of them. However,
clicking on any of them, other than the XP Pro one, gives a permission
denied message and I can't see the facilities being shared. I can see them
on the Pro one.

File & Print Sharing (F&PS) blocked by Windows (or other) firewall?

If so, possible fixes are...

1) Use something other than TCP/IP for F&PS

XP has IPX, but you may find this fails to work when used with Win9x
PCs. Try adding IPX, so that F&PS can use that past the firewall.

2) Allow F&PS through the firewall

F&PS will be a checkboxable item in firewall settings if XP SP2, but
it is absurdly convoluted to do the same in earlier XP SP levels.

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