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"Malke" wrote:

> penciline wrote:
>
> > Not sure if this is the right forum for this question since I am not
> > experiencing any Web connection problems.
> >
> > I am, however, experiencing a problem with my Win XP Pro computer on the
> > Workgroup that I have. I have 2 other computers running Vista Ult. and
> > they
> > can see each other fine. The XP machine even shows up on the Network but
> > when I click on its icon I get an error message denying me access to the
> > computer.
> >
> > On the XP machine I see the Workgroup but when I click on its icon I
> > cannot
> > see anything--permission denied error. I have gone through the Network
> > Setup Wizard several times but I can't seem to get it right.
> >
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
> by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls
> such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3)
> not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines;
> 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
>
> 1. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
> need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
> need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot
> directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for
> convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both
> XP and Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> 2. On the XP box, Control Panel>Folder Options>View tab. Uncheck "Use simple
> file sharing".
>
> 3. On the XP box, check the firewall settings.

I did have 2 firewalls running and I took one of them down. I can now click
on the XP box's Workgroup but I still do not see anything in the window. I
ran net view from the cmd on all machines and I see that the command
completes successfully. It shows me the list of shared folders. However I
still don't know why the XP box doesn't see anything in the windows
environment.

Please advise.
-penciline



>
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