It's possible that the problem is related to a firewall setting... I used
HomeNet Manager to help me get setup and helped me identify the blocked ports
in my firewall (I have 2 Vista PCs and an XP that did not "talk" until I
installed this as recommended by a friend):
http://www.homenetmanager.com
Good luck!
"lightlytoasted" wrote:
Quote:
>
> It seems details are needed before a solution can be found, so I will
> provide all that I can.
>
> Computer Name: Velocity
> Workgroup: WORKGROUP
> Private network
> Net discovery: On
> File sharing: On
> Public folder sharing: On(read only)
> Printer sharing: On
> Password protected: Off
> Media sharing: Off
>
> Computer Name: Sean-PC
> Workgroup: WORKGROUP
> Private network
> Net discovery: On
> File sharing: On
> Public folder sharing: On(read only)
> Printer sharing: Off
> Password protected: Off
> Media sharing: Off
>
> From the Velocity computer, I can open network, and double click on Sean-PC
> and I can see his shared files. There is no problems in this direction.
>
> From the Sean-PC computer, I open network, and double click Velocity and I
> get a permissions/access denied error. However, I can successfully type in
> the exact locations and access the files properly. I can type in
> \\VELOCITY\Users\Jonathan\Music and I can read or copy files. I can type in
> \\Velocity\Upload Access and I have full control of these files, I would
> think that this shows the permissions to be setup properly.
>
> But why do I still get access denied when double clicking the Velocity
> computer?!?
>
> Here's how I set my permissions:
> Folder name: Upload access
> Sharing tab > Share > permissions
> Everyone: Co-Owner
> Guest: Co-Owner
> Jonathan: Owner
>
> Security tab
> Everyone: Full Control
> Guest: Full Control
>
>
> Folder name: Music
> Sharing tab > Share > permissions
> Everyone: Reader
> Guest: Reader
> Jonathan: Owner
>
> Security tab
> Everyone: read execute, list, read
> Guest: read execute, list, read
>
> Please help me, this doesn't make any sense. Both computers are freshly
> installed last month, and both are stable. From the Sean-PC computer you
> shouldn't have to type out the exact network location, you should just be
> able to double click on the Velocity computer. Help, help, help