Roger
Wed May 17 09:55:20 CDT 2006
"Corinne" <Corinne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9CF15813-EC6D-4D0E-AD06-E1E4AA2E2183@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the info, ive done the wizard, turned off 3rd party firewall
> and
> still no joy! looks like i'll have to get an expert in to sort it.
Not necessarily Corinne.
You did not mention OS versions involved so I can only direct generally,
but you would likely get more folks to help grep the issue if you were to
post to one of the microsoft.public.win*.*.networking newsgroups.
The issues you have are only indirectly related to this security newsgroup.
Roger
> "Malke" wrote:
>
>> Corinne wrote:
>>
>> > I have set up a home network between my main comp and my laptop but my
>> > laptop is saying I do not have permission to view my network
>> > path...anyone know how to alter this?
>>
>> This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
>> Network Setup Wizard on both computers, making sure to enable File &
>> Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
>> on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
>> firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
>> Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
>> third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
>> Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
>> IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
>> substitute your correct subnet.
>>
>> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:
>>
>> a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
>> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
>> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>>
>> b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
>> Simple File Sharing enabled.
>>
>> Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
>> that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
>> resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
>> matters in your situation.
>>
>> Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
>> home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
>> folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
>> Shared Documents folder.
>>
>> If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
>> troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
>> and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
>>
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>>
>> Malke
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