>I have a network ste up at my house, and it was working fine untill all of
>the sudden, I couldn't access my desktop from my other computers. I need to
>be able to access the desktop because thats what the printer is hooked up to.
>
>I have three computers on the network. A desktop running XP home sp2, a
>laptop running 98 SE, and a laptop running XP media center edition version
>2003 sp2. I can access files between the two laptops fine, and i can access
>files on the laptops from the desktop but i cannot access files on the
>desktop from either of the laptops.
>
>on the laptop running 98, when I try to access the desktop, it asks for a
>password. I never specified a password, because i am on an encrypted network.
>When I try to access the desktp from the laptop running media center edition,
>I get the following message:
>
>Myworkgroup:
>\\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
>network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
>youhave access permissions.
>
>Logon failure: the user has not granted the requested logon type at this
>computer.
>
>what can i do so i can access that computer again. like i said, everything
>was working fine untill suddenly i couldn't access the desktop.
>
>Thanks for your help.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <6C5FAC98-64F6-47EB-8CBB-1E69CE05E***@microsoft.com>,
> Clayton <Clay***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I have a network ste up at my house, and it was working fine untill all of
> >the sudden, I couldn't access my desktop from my other computers. I need to
> >be able to access the desktop because thats what the printer is hooked up to.
> >
> >I have three computers on the network. A desktop running XP home sp2, a
> >laptop running 98 SE, and a laptop running XP media center edition version
> >2003 sp2. I can access files between the two laptops fine, and i can access
> >files on the laptops from the desktop but i cannot access files on the
> >desktop from either of the laptops.
> >
> >on the laptop running 98, when I try to access the desktop, it asks for a
> >password. I never specified a password, because i am on an encrypted network.
> >When I try to access the desktp from the laptop running media center edition,
> >I get the following message:
> >
> >Myworkgroup:
> >\\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> >network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
> >youhave access permissions.
> >
> >Logon failure: the user has not granted the requested logon type at this
> >computer.
> >
> >what can i do so i can access that computer again. like i said, everything
> >was working fine untill suddenly i couldn't access the desktop.
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
>
> Some obscure network settings have become corrupted on the desktop
> computer.  Here's how to fix them:
>
> 1. Download and install the Windows 2003 Server Resource Kit Tools
> from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4544 .
>
> 2. Click Start | All Programs | Windows Resource Kit Tools | Command
> Shell.
>
> 3. Type these lines at the command prompt.  The second and third
> commands are case-sensitive, so type them exactly as shown.  Note the
> "+r" in the second one and the "-r" in the third one:
>
>    net user guest /active:yes
>    ntrights +r SeNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
>    ntrights -r SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u Guest
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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>

>I have a network ste up at my house, and it was working fine untill all of
>the sudden, I couldn't access my desktop from my other computers. I need to
>be able to access the desktop because thats what the printer is hooked up to.
>
>I have three computers on the network. A desktop running XP home sp2, a
>laptop running 98 SE, and a laptop running XP media center edition version
>2003 sp2. I can access files between the two laptops fine, and i can access
>files on the laptops from the desktop but i cannot access files on the
>desktop from either of the laptops.
>
>on the laptop running 98, when I try to access the desktop, it asks for a
>password. I never specified a password, because i am on an encrypted network.
>When I try to access the desktp from the laptop running media center edition,
>I get the following message:
>
>Myworkgroup:
>\\Desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
>network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
>youhave access permissions.
>
>Logon failure: the user has not granted the requested logon type at this
>computer.
>
>
>what can i do so i can access that computer again. like i said, everything
>was working fine untill suddenly i couldn't access the desktop.
>
>Thanks for your help.