cannot see shared folders of one computer

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Sounds to me like you are logged into machine 1 as a user that has
permissions on machine 2. But the user you are logged into machine 2 as
is not present, or has limited permissions on machine 1.

When file sharing in a workgroup, the same users with the same passwords
need to be set up on each PC.

Larry Gagnon wrote:
> I have the following home network problem: WinXP Home SP1 on both
> machines, connected through a router, home network wizard run on both
> machines BUT machine2 can no longer see the shared folders of
> machine1. However, machine1 connects to machine2 just fine. The
> network was working perfectly some 2 weeks ago.
>
> Both machines can "ping" each other no problems and "ifconfig /all"
> shows everything is working well. The appropriate folders are shared
> as they should be. Computer names and workgroups are as they should
> be. When I attempt to connect to machine1 from machine2 in View
> Workgroup Computers I get an error message "\\machine1 is not
> accessible. You do not have permission to access this network
> resource". I have worked through the network troubleshooter to no
> avail.
>
> I am uncertain as to how to proceed from here. Any help greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Larry Gagnon