Chuck wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:10:11 +0200, qyte <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:
>
>> I have a DSL connection that is seen as lan inside the network
>> connections. I connected two computers to each other using a cross wire
>> on ethernet cards. Apparently the one connected to the modem is a ICS
>> Server and the other a client. During the network wizard usage i turned
>> the file sharing on. Anyway the problem i now have is that although the
>> internet connection works fine and the server can acces all shared files
>> on the network the client cannot see the files at all. When i try to
>> double click on the server computer name inside the workgroup view it
>> says that due to permissions it cannot be accessed and to contact the
>> system administrator to solve the problem. The thing is that i have set
>> NO PASSWORD and therefore i believe that such a problem should not have
>> existed.
>
> What is the complete error? This error can have several variants, and different
> causes.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>
> Are the computers running XP Home or Pro (and if Pro, is it Simple File
> Sharing?)? This will make a difference.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...s-xp.html#Help
>
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> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Munging>
>

I followed your visibility guide and found that my personal firewall was
blocking the other PC's to view my files. Thanks very much.