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More info?)
thanks for your help, I am slowly getting there.
"george" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OxWw9fW2EHA.3236@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Dave,
>
> OK. so Firewall is disabled for the lan interface connections. Good.
> How are these machines setup for useraccounts?
> Do both machines have identical userid/password combos? (ie. does the
> userid you use on one box to access the other also effectively exist on
> the other with the same password?
> If not, how are the Guest accounts set on both machines?
> If it is disabled on the one you are trying to access from the network and
> your userid/password is not know to that machine it will not let you
> access the stuff.
> You might also try to run cmd.exe and type: net view \\<machinename you
> don't see any shares from>
> It tends to take a little bit before shares show up in the GUI browse list
> so you can point at them.
> The net view command should tell you if the shares are at least
> 'advertised' on the network.
> Just some things to try and get this sorted.
>
> george
>
> "Dave G" <dave@aneda.nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:OzCEzVU2EHA.2568@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>I understand everything that you say, and I was not under that
>>mis-apprehension. Having read the earlier reply from Peter, once I
>>disabled the internet connection firewall, it enabled drives to be shared,
>>and therefore be viewed in the My Network Places folder, even on a
>>standalone machine, as long as it is network capable.
>>
>> I now have the problem as stated below, where I can access shared
>> drives/printer on the desktop PC, but not shared folders on the laptop
>> from the PC.... all very strange, things were so much simpler before SP2
>>
>> Thanks for your reply
>> "george" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:OS7HznL2EHA.924@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>> Hi Dave,
>>>
>>> I may be mistaken (have never cared much for Shared Documents Folder)
>>> but from your original description of the problem it sounds like (no
>>> disrespect intended) you have a perception problem or something of that
>>> nature. Help and Support reads:
>>>
>>> <excerpt>
>>> Using The Shared Documents Folder
>>> Shared folders are counterparts to your personal folders: My Documents,
>>> My Pictures, and My Music. Shared Documents, Shared Pictures, and Shared
>>> Music provide a place for you to store files, pictures, and music that
>>> everyone on your computer can access. but if
>>> <excerpt>
>>> the operative words being: "everyone ON your computer"
>>> This tells you that the Shared Documents Folder is visible/accessible to
>>> anyone sitting at your computer. It does not imply this Shared Documents
>>> Folder would be visible on the network. This basically has to do with
>>> the fact that under normal circumstances the My Documents etc. is
>>> allowed to be accessed only by it's owner, the *My* in any given case
>>>
)
>>> Shared Documents Folder is just a special way of making *your* stuff
>>> available to anyone else who might happen to be sitting at the same
>>> computer.
>>> If you want to have your stuff available over the network, go into
>>> Explorer, Tools, Folders Options, View and uncheck the Simple File
>>> Sharing (Recommended) checkbox (the last entry in the list).
>>> Next (for aguments sake) pick a folder you would like to have available
>>> on the network, right-click, Sharing and Security..., select Share This
>>> folder and provide an appropriate name (if the suggested one does not
>>> suit you). This will be the name visible on the network.
>>> If you want your network users to be able to do anything more than read,
>>> hit the Permissions button and check out the Permissions dialog.
>>> OK out of the lot and you should be set.
>>>
>>> hth
>>>
>>> george
>>>
>>>
>>> reading
>>> "Dave G" <dave@aneda.nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:OgYQ1qK2EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks for the link, I am now getting somewhere!
>>>>
>>>> I have managed to establish a link from my laptop to PC, such that I
>>>> can access shared drives and printer, but as yet I cannot link from PC
>>>> to laptop shared drive, all that is visible in my network places on
>>>> the PC is the shared drives.
>>>>
>>>> Also at the same time I am part way to solving the wireless problem,
>>>> both computers say they are connected to the wireless network, set for
>>>> peer to peer, both can transmit, but as yet there is no connectivity
>>>> between the two.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas how to get my wireless network working?
>>>>
>>>> "peter" <peter@nomalarky.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:OmBmUiB2EHA.2016@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Here is a good website on setting up a network......wired or wireless
>>>>>
http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
>>>>> peter
>>>>> "Dave G" <dave@aneda.nospam.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uwMW$Y$1EHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I have been trying to set up a home (wireless) network, but without
>>>>>>success.
>>>>>> Using an ethernet cable I can connect my desktop and laptop such that
>>>>>> I have
>>>>>> internet access available on the laptop, but I cannot access any
>>>>>> shared
>>>>>> drives or the printer attached to the desktop. The problem appears to
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> that when I look in My Network Places, nothing, not even the host
>>>>>> shared
>>>>>> documents folder, is listed. This is the case on the desktop and
>>>>>> laptop.
>>>>>> However when I have logged on as Administrator in Safe mode on the
>>>>>> laptop,
>>>>>> the shared drives are there !!!
>>>>>> How do I make the shared documents folder, and other drives etc,
>>>>>> available
>>>>>> to my network?
>>>>>> I have Win XP home on the desktop and Pro on the laptop.
>>>>>> I have at last managed to get an ad-hoc network (sort of) working,
>>>>>> each
>>>>>> computer can transmit on the same wireless network, but as yet
>>>>>> neither has
>>>>>> actually received anything over the wireless network!!!! ~That is
>>>>>> problem
>>>>>> number 2.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any help greatly appreciated
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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