On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:21:02 -0800, "Lori" <Lori@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
>"Chuck" wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:04:02 -0800, "Lori" <Lori@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Chuck" wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 06:27:03 -0800, "Lori" <Lori@discussions.microsoft.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >We have a wireless route (DLink DI-624) that has been working great for a
>> >> >long time. It seems that one of the four computers, although it shows in the
>> >> >network list, no one can access that computer's files, yet that computer can
>> >> >access the other computer's files. I have tried everything to be able to see
>> >> >that computer's files but no luck.
>> >> >
>> >> >Can someone provide a type of check list to do through to make sure
>> >> >something isn't checked wrong or something along those lines? I am stumped.
>> >> >There is no firewall on, I clicked to share the files and I don't know what
>> >> >else to try.
>> >> >
>> >> >Thanks for any help you can offer.
>> >>
>> >> Lori,
>> >>
>> >> Start with my troubleshooting guide.
>> >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
>> >>
>> >> If you're actually having "...access denied..." errors, understand file sharing
>> >> and authentication.
>> >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
>> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...indows-xp.html
>>
>> >Chuck,
>> >HELP! I read these articles on the links and this is, for example, the
>> >problem I'm running into, besides it being highly technical (IMHO). For
>> >instance, where it says:
>> >
>> >If you want to enable Simple File Sharing on a computer running XP Pro or
>> >MCE, from Windows Explorer:
>> >
>> >Select Tools - Folder Options.
>> >On the Views tab, scroll to the end of the long Advanced settings list.
>> >Check "Use simple file sharing"
>> >
>> >I don't have, at the end of the long Advanced settings list, "Use simple
>> >file sharing" to select from. I was able to activate Guest account under the
>> >one computer no one can see (although her computer sees all of ours), since
>> >it had Guest disabled, but that didn't help. I am truly stuck as to what to
>> >try. Nothing in those articles, even though we are all operating on XP Home
>> >seems to apply to us. Any other thoughts off the top of your head, please???
>> >
>> >Lori
>>
>> OK, Lori, I know it's all too technical for some. That's why this forum (and
>> others like it) exist.
>>
>> What version, edition (if XP, is it Home or Pro), and Service Pack of Windows?
>> That's the key. Right click on My Computer, and select Properties. Type
>> everything under System: here.
>First, let me say, THANK YOU for understanding and working with me.
>
>Now, my computer, which can't see anything on the other one (although hers
>can see mine), the info is Windows XP Home, Version 2002, Service Pack 2.
>The computer that can see everyone else's stuff but no one else can see is
>Windows XP Home, Version 2002, Service Pack 1.
OK, Lori. This makes sense now. With XP Home, you don't have any of those
selections. Read again, please. I'll try and make this simpler, with your help
and participation.
If your computer runs XP Home, then it has Simple File Sharing already. SFS,
which only uses Guest authentication, cannot be disabled under XP Home.
To use Simple File Sharing on any XP server, Home or Pro, make sure that the
Guest account is properly activated, and the password is consistently set (blank
or non-blank), on both the client and the server.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...indows-xp.html
Then read instructions for using Guest.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest
Now, precisely what error are you seeing? Does the "server" (computer with the
shared folders) not show up in Network Neighborhood?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
Or do you get "...access denied..." when you try to access a share that does
show in NN?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...ss-denied.html
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.