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Old 03-08-2008   #6 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: Workgrouping in Vista Home

DM wrote:
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> Ok Malke, what are we over looking. I have applied the instructions from
> the link you provided and they are the same instructions I have been
> applying for the last 24 hours. However, I am now back up to viewing files
> on my laptop from my desktop but not the other way around.
>
> I can not even view the files on my desktop from my desktop by going
> through the network path. I keep getting network path not found error. I
> tried renaming the computer and rebooting; failed. I tried updating the
> the security/sharing users; failed. I go to networks and see computer 123
> and computer 345. I can click on 123 and see all shared folders and
> printers. I click on 345 and see all folders and printers but when I click
> on any of the folders, I get the error message.
From your description of the issue, I would say that you have a one or more
things set wrong: misconfigured firewall, misconfigured permissions on the
shared folders, and if you haven't created the matching users/passwords you
need to do so.

If any of the computers are XP Pro, disable Simple File Sharing.

Malke
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