Hi


I have a problem. Both of my home computers are connected to a router
in which I also connected my cable modem. The internet works fine on
both of them but I can't share files. Each computer can ping itself but

can't ping each other so obviously there's a problem.


I ran "Set up a home or small office network" on both of the computers
and both belong to "MSHOME". One of them can see the other computer but

can't access it. And the other one can't see anything.


" \\ "computer's name" is not accessible. You might not have the
permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of
this server to find out if you have access permissions."


So yea one computer can see the other one but I get this message when I

try to browse it and when i click on properties it says


" The server "computer's name" could not be found on the network. "


Both system run under Windows XP Pro with Service pack 2, One is
english the other one if french but that shouldn't be a problem.


I disabled Windows firewall but still nothing. Can someone please help
me I need to access files on the other computer. I just have Zone alarm

running but I don't think it's a problem either.


Thank you

On 8 Dec 2005 18:54:36 -0800, "McClane" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>Hi
>
>
>I have a problem. Both of my home computers are connected to a router
>in which I also connected my cable modem. The internet works fine on
>both of them but I can't share files. Each computer can ping itself but
>
>can't ping each other so obviously there's a problem.
>
>
>I ran "Set up a home or small office network" on both of the computers
>and both belong to "MSHOME". One of them can see the other computer but
>
>can't access it. And the other one can't see anything.
>
>
>" \\ "computer's name" is not accessible. You might not have the
>permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of
>this server to find out if you have access permissions."
>
>
>So yea one computer can see the other one but I get this message when I
>
>try to browse it and when i click on properties it says
>
>
>" The server "computer's name" could not be found on the network. "
>
>
>Both system run under Windows XP Pro with Service pack 2, One is
>english the other one if french but that shouldn't be a problem.
>
>
>I disabled Windows firewall but still nothing. Can someone please help
>me I need to access files on the other computer. I just have Zone alarm
>
>running but I don't think it's a problem either.
>
>
>Thank you

If you have Zone Alarm running, that's almost certain to be the problem.
Misconfigured and overlooked personal firewalls are the most common cause of
your problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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