Connecting two WinXPPro machines: can ping but can't share files

Hello,

I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.

The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
"\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
access for user-group "All".

Any help is appreciaetd.



c.j[DOT]w

In article <bfjb7p$fef7h$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
<"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
> Hello,
>
> I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
> have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
> computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
> the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.
>
> The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
> "\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
> search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
> the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
> access for user-group "All".
>
> Any help is appreciaetd.
>
>
Check your shares. Make sure the user account on each machine has
access to the other.

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In article <bfjb7p$fef7h$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
<"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
> Hello,
>
> I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
> have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
> computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
> the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.
>
> The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
> "\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
> search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
> the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
> access for user-group "All".
>
So is the user account on 0.2 a member of the "All" group on 0.1?

Conor wrote:

> In article <bfjb7p$fef7h$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
> <"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
>>have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
>>computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
>>the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.
>>
>>The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
>>"\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
>>search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
>>the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
>>access for user-group "All".
>>
>>Any help is appreciaetd.
>>
>>
>
> Check your shares. Make sure the user account on each machine has
> access to the other.

See my reply to Morley. Can you tell me how to check this? When I start
Windows, no login-window appear. And since I am the only user of the
computers I'd like it to be that way. But maybe this is the problem.

In article <bfjs0d$fcj52$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
<"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
> Rob Morley wrote:
>
> > In article <bfjb7p$fef7h$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
> > <"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
> >>have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
> >>computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
> >>the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.
> >>
> >>The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
> >>"\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
> >>search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
> >>the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
> >>access for user-group "All".
> >>
> >
> > So is the user account on 0.2 a member of the "All" group on 0.1?
>
> Maybe this is my problem. I don't really know. I don't log in to Windows
> on the computers with a username and a password. But I think I found a
> setting in something like "Local security policies" (translated from
> Swedish Windows), something like "Treat anonymous as member of All" or
> something like that. It was activated.
>
>
The easiest way to do it is to make sure that the local user has an
account on the remote machine - have you got a "Log off XXX ..." option
on your Start Menu where XXX is the username? If so just set up an
account on the remote machine using the same username and password, and
give that user the permissions required.

In article <bfjs2q$fcj52$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
<"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...

> See my reply to Morley. Can you tell me how to check this? When I start
> Windows, no login-window appear. And since I am the only user of the
> computers I'd like it to be that way. But maybe this is the problem.
>
Go into Control Panel, Users. Enable guest account. See if it works.


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Conor wrote:

> In article <bfjs2q$fcj52$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
> <"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
>
>
>>See my reply to Morley. Can you tell me how to check this? When I start
>>Windows, no login-window appear. And since I am the only user of the
>>computers I'd like it to be that way. But maybe this is the problem.
>>
>
> Go into Control Panel, Users. Enable guest account. See if it works.

It is enabled.

Rob Morley wrote:

> In article <bflrn3$g6fr3$(E-Mail Removed)>, "c.j[DOT]w"
> <"c.j[DOT]w"@telia.com> says...
>
>>Rob Morley wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>>>Administrator doesn't count as the same user - it's specific to each
>>>machine. Make yourself another account on each machine - it can have
>>>full administrator privileges if you want. Log on using this account
>>>and the other machine will recognise the user.
>>
>>I will try that, but I would preferr to logon as the administrator on
>>both machines - because then I can get rid of the login-dialog at
>>Windows startup (with the "Administrator autologon" or something like
>>that). And it works in one direction - it must be possible to get it to
>>work in both.
>>
>>
>
> On my XP machine I've disabled the Administrator account and it logs me
> in automatically as the other user that I have set up. I don't think I
> did anything to make it do that, although you probably need to enable
> simple file sharing permissions or something. And don't disable
> Administrator if the other account doesn't have full admin rights.

I've tried to set up two new accounts with the same username and
password on both machines, but without results. Still the same problem.
Any other idea?

I solved it.

In "Properties" for the network connections, I saw that there was
something strange with the "File and Printer sharing for Microsoft
Networks". Its checkbox was greyed, making me suspect some part of it
was disabled. There are no properties for this service though. So I
decided to reinstall it. After doing so, the checkbox was no longer
greyed, and the whole network worked fine.


c.j[DOT]w wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am having problems connecting two Win XP Pro computers in a network. I
> have set the IP adresses to 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2. I can ping both
> computers from both computers. From 0.1 I can see the files shared on
> the 0.2 computer, but not the other way around.
>
> The workgroups are the same. When I from computer 0.2 choose Run...
> "\\192.168.0.1" I get the error message "Can't find network
> search-path". Neither "\\computername\" works. And I do have shares on
> the 0.1 computer, a harddrive with the resource name "E" with full
> access for user-group "All".
>
> Any help is appreciaetd.
>