HI! I am having problems browsing my shared folders through either the
network neighborhood or when trying to map a drive to a share. I get an
Access Denied error.

My network is a workgroup with 3 XP Pro computers SP2 attached via nat
router.

I can however view and access content in the shareddocs folders on all
computers.
I have created the shared folders ( other than the default shareddocs ) and
gave access to the network.

I am a little confused why I can access files on all system through the
shareddocs folders but cannot access the newly created shared folders by
either mapping them ( map drive) or by trying to view them by browsing the
workgroup in the network neighborhood.

All computers see each other and the workgroup name is displayed in the
network neighborhood and explorer but will not show its content. ( access
denied)
the only way is by the default shareddocs that I had a while ago.

I tried disabling firewall. but no effect either.

Can someone give me something to try out because I am stuck with this.

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Thanks in advance

Paul

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:25:48 -0500, "Paul" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>HI! I am having problems browsing my shared folders through either the
>network neighborhood or when trying to map a drive to a share. I get an
>Access Denied error.
>
>My network is a workgroup with 3 XP Pro computers SP2 attached via nat
>router.
>
>I can however view and access content in the shareddocs folders on all
>computers.
>I have created the shared folders ( other than the default shareddocs ) and
>gave access to the network.
>
>I am a little confused why I can access files on all system through the
>shareddocs folders but cannot access the newly created shared folders by
>either mapping them ( map drive) or by trying to view them by browsing the
>workgroup in the network neighborhood.
>
>All computers see each other and the workgroup name is displayed in the
>network neighborhood and explorer but will not show its content. ( access
>denied)
>the only way is by the default shareddocs that I had a while ago.
>
>I tried disabling firewall. but no effect either.
>
>Can someone give me something to try out because I am stuck with this.

Paul,

Start by checking for several possible browser issues.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

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