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Re: networking share / printer issues
bobty wrote:
> Hello tech gurus,
>
> I'm having issues connecting to shares on my small 2 computer network.
>
> This is my setup. One computer is running xp home and one is running
> xp pro.
>
> I realize I really should reformat with pro on the home machine, but
> it'll be a big job so I'd like to get it working without doing this.
>
> I have netbios and the wizard setup on both machines.
> The odd thing is the home machine (A) can see the pro machine (B) and
> access its shares.
> However, B can see A and its computer name on the network. But when
> clicking A to connect, it returns with "//A is not accessible. You may
> not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the the
> admin...Access is denied."
>
> I seem to have limited control over the shares on the xp home
> machine(A) since it is home edition. However, it seems everything is
> setup so i should be able to share the printers and a folder. I've set
> both a folder and printer, using properties->sharing, to share, on the
> home machine but access is still denied when trying to access it from
> the pro machine.
>
> I'm guessing it is a permissions thing but I really don't know what
> else to try. I read something about logging in as the same user on
> both machines, should this really be necessary though? Isn't that idea
> of sharing on a network, that different users share their files?
>
> Any help at all is much appreciated!
>
>
Did you disable firewalls for a minute on both machines.?
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