View drives on network

Using XP/SP3, DSL, Linksys wireless
Everything set up and works fine except, I can not see anything on each
other computers drives. I have file sharing set. I marked both computers hard
drives as shared. I ran the Network wizard on both systems and set up file
sharing. I even tried the IP address in both systems firewalls.
Both computers I can see the drives, I just can not access them. I am the
owner of both systems and I am the admin on both. What am I missing?

From my base computer, I can view the files on the user system. From the user
system, it says that I do not have permission to access the base computer
drives.
On the base system, I have the drives set to allow the group to share my C
drive on the network and users can access and change files. I do not have any
users set up at all. It is just my wife and I who use these. The base is mine
and the other is hers. Whatever I am missing must be on my system since I can
access the other system. No user name or logon required on either machine.

"Frankster" wrote:

>
> "KLBirt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsE0D2BB7-3714-4F8B-AA3F-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Using XP/SP3, DSL, Linksys wireless
> > Everything set up and works fine except, I can not see anything on each
> > other computers drives. I have file sharing set. I marked both computers
> > hard
> > drives as shared. I ran the Network wizard on both systems and set up file
> > sharing. I even tried the IP address in both systems firewalls.
> > Both computers I can see the drives, I just can not access them. I am the
> > owner of both systems and I am the admin on both. What am I missing?
>
> - Check the share permissions and make sure they are Change and Read (or
> Full), not simply read.
> - Check the file permsssions and make sure the logged in user (on whatever
> machine) has access via a group or via his userID.
> - Make sure the user(s) all have the exact same userID and password account
> on each machine.
> - Make sure the workgroup name is the same on all computers.
>
> -Frank
>
>

Check anti-virus settings. Several offer Internet worm virus protection by
blocking the accessing of shared drives by name (ex: \\PC1\sharedfolder) but
may let these be accessed by IP address (ex: \\192.168.1.1\sharedfolder) If
you can access the folder / PC by IP address, then you need to check an set
the anti-virus Internet worm protection setting (such as the Resolve NetBIOS
name.)


On 20/05/2008 "Frankster" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>"KLBirt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:04BB501C-2894-4338-8740-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> From my base computer, I can view the files on the user system. From the
>> user
>> system, it says that I do not have permission to access the base computer
>> drives.
>> On the base system, I have the drives set to allow the group to share my C
>> drive on the network and users can access and change files. I do not have
>> any
>> users set up at all. It is just my wife and I who use these. The base is
>> mine
>> and the other is hers. Whatever I am missing must be on my system since I
>> can
>> access the other system. No user name or logon required on either machine.
>>
>> "Frankster" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "KLBirt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> newsE0D2BB7-3714-4F8B-AA3F-(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> > Using XP/SP3, DSL, Linksys wireless
>>> > Everything set up and works fine except, I can not see anything on each
>>> > other computers drives. I have file sharing set. I marked both
>>> > computers
>>> > hard
>>> > drives as shared. I ran the Network wizard on both systems and set up
>>> > file
>>> > sharing. I even tried the IP address in both systems firewalls.
>>> > Both computers I can see the drives, I just can not access them. I am
>>> > the
>>> > owner of both systems and I am the admin on both. What am I missing?
>>>
>>> - Check the share permissions and make sure they are Change and Read (or
>>> Full), not simply read.
>>> - Check the file permsssions and make sure the logged in user (on
>>> whatever
>>> machine) has access via a group or via his userID.
>>> - Make sure the user(s) all have the exact same userID and password
>>> account
>>> on each machine.
>>> - Make sure the workgroup name is the same on all computers.
>>>
>>> -Frank
>>>
>>>
>
>You are using a username on both computers. It's just that if there is only
>one existing, without a password, the PC will automatically log you on when
>it boots up. From what you say, the (only) username is probably different on
>each computer. Make sure the user(s) all have the exact same userID and
>password account on each machine.
>
>-Frank
>