I have a desktop running XP Home SP2, and a new laptop running Vista Home
Premium. I would like to access the DVD-ROM drive on the latop from the
desktop. I have successfully shared my desktop resources with the laptop, but
not vice versa.

Both computers are on the same Workgroup. I have turned off Password
protected sharing and shared the DVD-ROM drive in the Folders window. Network
Discovery and File Sharing are on.

When I try to access the laptop from my desktop through Windows ExplorerMy
Network PlacesMicrosoft Windows Network"workgroup name""Laptop name" I get
a window that says "'laptop name' not accessable. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this
server to find out if you have access permissions."

What else do I need to do?

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 19:24:02 -0800, Rob Weber Rob
wrote:

I have a desktop running XP Home SP2, and a new laptop running Vista Home
Premium. I would like to access the DVD-ROM drive on the latop from the
desktop. I have successfully shared my desktop resources with the laptop, but
not vice versa.

Both computers are on the same Workgroup. I have turned off Password
protected sharing and shared the DVD-ROM drive in the Folders window. Network
Discovery and File Sharing are on.

When I try to access the laptop from my desktop through Windows ExplorerMy
Network PlacesMicrosoft Windows Network"workgroup name""Laptop name" I get
a window that says "'laptop name' not accessable. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this
server to find out if you have access permissions."

What else do I need to do?

Rob,

Do you have any other resources on the laptop shared successfully, or is this
the first one? Did you set the Network Location Type to Private?
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#VistaServer
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...ml#VistaServer

Do you have any other personal firewall, or other security program on the
laptop? Anti-virus?
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...ther-help.html

After disabling Password Protected Sharing, did you enable the Guest account for
network access?
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Activate
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0....html#Activate

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Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:
Do you have any other resources on the laptop shared successfully, or is this
the first one? Did you set the Network Location Type to Private?

The network is set to private. While I have successfully shared resources
from the desktop to the laptop, I have not been able to to it the other way
around.

Do you have any other personal firewall, or other security program on the
laptop? Anti-virus?

Only what came with the laptop - Windows firewall and McAfee virus.

After disabling Password Protected Sharing, did you enable the Guest account for
network access?

Didn't know about this one. When I open the Command Window and type "net
user Guest /activate:yes", I get the following: "System Error 5 has occured.
Access is denied." I get the same thing when I substitute my user name in for
Guest.

Thanks,
Rob

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 04:35:00 -0800, Rob Weber
wrote:

"Chuck [MVP]" wrote:
Do you have any other resources on the laptop shared successfully, or is this
the first one? Did you set the Network Location Type to Private?

The network is set to private. While I have successfully shared resources
from the desktop to the laptop, I have not been able to to it the other way
around.

Do you have any other personal firewall, or other security program on the
laptop? Anti-virus?

Only what came with the laptop - Windows firewall and McAfee virus.

After disabling Password Protected Sharing, did you enable the Guest account for
network access?

Didn't know about this one. When I open the Command Window and type "net
user Guest /activate:yes", I get the following: "System Error 5 has occured.
Access is denied." I get the same thing when I substitute my user name in for
Guest.

Start the command window as an admin.
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/06/command-window-in-windows-vista.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...ows-vista.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Uncle!

I got the command to run, but still no access (same message as before). I
reset the Guest password - still nothing. My admin user name and password are
the same on both systems.

I'm just going to copy the contents of my Install DVD (that I wanted to see
from the desktop) to the desktop from the laptop and install the software
that way.

Thanks for your help.

Rob Weber;610417 Wrote:
Uncle!

I got the command to run, but still no access (same message as before).
I
reset the Guest password - still nothing. My admin user name and
password are
the same on both systems.

I'm just going to copy the contents of my Install DVD (that I wanted to
see
from the desktop) to the desktop from the laptop and install the
software
that way.

Thanks for your help.
My impression is that there is a tool "easy lan folder share" which
can solve the problems easily.

you may search it at google.


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