winsane
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No networking between XP and Vista Ultimate
I am having trouble accessing files on my Vista computer via network connection from an XP Pro laptop. The message I get when clicking the icon in My network Places is:
\\Desktop\Harddrive\ is not accessible. You might not have permissions to use this resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
Access is denied.
I have granted the Everyone group Full Access and still I can't get in. In fact, I can't even see some of my network places.
\\Desktop\Harddrive\ is not accessible. You might not have permissions to use this resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
Access is denied.
I have granted the Everyone group Full Access and still I can't get in. In fact, I can't even see some of my network places.
leeds2000
Are you both in same Workgroup?
are they in the same workgroup or domain
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fritz5150 is giving you some good advice but there's one thing he's left out - the local security policy
control panel -> administrative tools
local security policy
local policies
Access this computer from the network
default entries SHOULD be
Administrators, ASPNET, Backup Operators, Everyone, Power Users, Users
You can add more entires but the Everyone should cover it
You should also check the IPC share itself and check from the Vista machine can it see it's own shares.
Recently I had a Vista machine that could ping the other system but couldn't see any of the shares, not even it's own. It turned out to be a bad windows update. A system restore fixed the problem.
control panel -> administrative tools
local security policy
local policies
Access this computer from the network
default entries SHOULD be
Administrators, ASPNET, Backup Operators, Everyone, Power Users, Users
You can add more entires but the Everyone should cover it
You should also check the IPC share itself and check from the Vista machine can it see it's own shares.
Recently I had a Vista machine that could ping the other system but couldn't see any of the shares, not even it's own. It turned out to be a bad windows update. A system restore fixed the problem.