I have an HP Pavilion desktop pc running Vista Home Premium 64 and a Dell Inspiron Laptop running Vista Home Basic. Each can access the internet wirelessly, via router, with no problem and each can see one another but I can't get them to talk. Each machine has its own wireless network card that seem to work just fine.
I am the Administrator on both machines. There are two users on the desktop and one on the laptop. On the desktop, I've shared the C drive, the K drive (spare (storage) drive) and the E (CD/DVD) drive and given full permissions to everyone. On the desktop, each shared drive shows the network path. On the laptop, the C and D (CD/DVD) drive "Share" button is grayed out and and the network path is blank. I can't figure out why.
When I try to map a (laptop) network drive I get ""DELL_600M" is not setup to establish a connection on port "file and printer sharing (SMB)" with this computer." and "Windows found a problem that cannot be repaired automatically."
When I try from the laptop I get "\\Desktop-PC is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The specified network provider name is invalid."
I have a feeling that the word "server" might be key here but I'm not sure and my head is spinning.
Any help here would be EXTREMELY appreciated. PLEASE HELP!
I am the Administrator on both machines. There are two users on the desktop and one on the laptop. On the desktop, I've shared the C drive, the K drive (spare (storage) drive) and the E (CD/DVD) drive and given full permissions to everyone. On the desktop, each shared drive shows the network path. On the laptop, the C and D (CD/DVD) drive "Share" button is grayed out and and the network path is blank. I can't figure out why.
When I try to map a (laptop) network drive I get ""DELL_600M" is not setup to establish a connection on port "file and printer sharing (SMB)" with this computer." and "Windows found a problem that cannot be repaired automatically."
When I try from the laptop I get "\\Desktop-PC is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The specified network provider name is invalid."
I have a feeling that the word "server" might be key here but I'm not sure and my head is spinning.
Any help here would be EXTREMELY appreciated. PLEASE HELP!
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