"x" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:7bHLg.22$xj.4@newsfe06.lga...
>i have a home network with 6 pcs all going into a linksys router. i set it
>up using the network connection wizard. all machines are running xp. there
>is one computer that i can't get to. from all other computers, it shows up
>on 'entire network' but if you try to open it, you get the error that you
>don't have access. i have the problem computer running on my admin acct,
>but i don't think that should matter since i can get to all the others
>whether they're on admin or not. i think it's a conflict with one other
>computer on the network because when that one is disconnected, i can access
>the problem computer. i reinstalled xp on that box (b/c of a disk crash)
>and named it with a unique name, but i still have the problem.
> any ideas?
>
> also, how come i can't share a partition? after the disk crash i put in a
> 300g drive and formatted it with 3 partitions. i wanted to be able to use
> one of the partitions as a common data storage site, but i can't share it.
>
> thanks,
> chris
>

"Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgrou***@coribright.com> wrote in message
news:eBEorug0GHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> If you're running XP Home on all your PCs, you are probably running into
> the 5 connection limitation.
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
> www.coribright.com/Windows
>
>
> "x" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:7bHLg.22$xj.4@newsfe06.lga...
>>i have a home network with 6 pcs all going into a linksys router. i set it
>>up using the network connection wizard. all machines are running xp. there
>>is one computer that i can't get to. from all other computers, it shows up
>>on 'entire network' but if you try to open it, you get the error that you
>>don't have access. i have the problem computer running on my admin acct,
>>but i don't think that should matter since i can get to all the others
>>whether they're on admin or not. i think it's a conflict with one other
>>computer on the network because when that one is disconnected, i can
>>access the problem computer. i reinstalled xp on that box (b/c of a disk
>>crash) and named it with a unique name, but i still have the problem.
>> any ideas?
>>
>> also, how come i can't share a partition? after the disk crash i put in a
>> 300g drive and formatted it with 3 partitions. i wanted to be able to use
>> one of the partitions as a common data storage site, but i can't share
>> it.
>>
>> thanks,
>> chris
>>
>
>

> you've got to be kidding me. i never knew about such a limitation.
> you'd think it would be printed in giant red letters on the XP
> installation disk. and there's no workaround?
>
> what about the sharing of the partition issue? any ideas there?
>
> thanks for your help.
>
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgrou***@coribright.com> wrote in message
> news:eBEorug0GHA.720@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> If you're running XP Home on all your PCs, you are probably running
>> into the 5 connection limitation.
>> --
>> Cari (MS-MVP) Windows Client - Printing & Imaging
>> www.coribright.com/Windows
>>
>>
>> "x" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:7bHLg.22$xj.4@newsfe06.lga...
>>> i have a home network with 6 pcs all going into a linksys router. i
>>> set it up using the network connection wizard. all machines are
>>> running xp. there is one computer that i can't get to. from all
>>> other computers, it shows up on 'entire network' but if you try to
>>> open it, you get the error that you don't have access. i have the
>>> problem computer running on my admin acct, but i don't think that
>>> should matter since i can get to all the others whether they're on
>>> admin or not. i think it's a conflict with one other computer on
>>> the network because when that one is disconnected, i can access the
>>> problem computer. i reinstalled xp on that box (b/c of a disk
>>> crash) and named it with a unique name, but i still have the
>>> problem.  any ideas?
>>>
>>> also, how come i can't share a partition? after the disk crash i
>>> put in a 300g drive and formatted it with 3 partitions. i wanted to
>>> be able to use one of the partitions as a common data storage site,
>>> but i can't share it.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> chris