XP pro work Group problems

[Guest]

Using laptop (wireless) & PC via a DLink router.
Had a few problems initially setting up the network but have got to a stage
where both machines show each other in their respective 'view workgroup
computers' but both are denying access to the other.
The PC has XPpro with SP1, the laptop has XPpro.
both have folders set up to share, with share names set up. The Norton
firewalls are set up to allow the range of IPs defined by the DHCP.
both ICFs are disabled.
As well as having 'access denied' I've also had a response telling me that
the server service is not running...which was not the case, at least when I
checked its status in Administrative tools\Services.
Anyone got any ideas...please

 

[Chuck]

Using laptop (wireless) & PC via a DLink router.
Had a few problems initially setting up the network but have got to a stage
where both machines show each other in their respective 'view workgroup
computers' but both are denying access to the other.
The PC has XPpro with SP1, the laptop has XPpro.
both have folders set up to share, with share names set up. The Norton
firewalls are set up to allow the range of IPs defined by the DHCP.
both ICFs are disabled.
As well as having 'access denied' I've also had a response telling me that
the server service is not running...which was not the case, at least when I
checked its status in Administrative tools\Services.
Anyone got any ideas...please

Mike,

What is the exact text of the "...server service not running..." message? Can
you find any detail in Event Viewer?

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started.

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 Pro,
you need to have SFS consistently set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (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".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, simply make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start -
Run - "cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.