HI I have three computers in my network group "WORKGROUP" two connected with
the ethernet cables and one wireless, one of the ethernet is a "Imac G5" the
other two are XP; anyway i can see the computer from either of the three
computers but i can't access them evrytime I try it says that i dont have
permission to get in and to contact teh administrator.  what did i do wrong??

have you setup the username and password on each computer? This troubleshooting may help,

Access issues "computername is not accessible. No permission to access the resources" ... Message: "....is not accessible. You may not have permission to use this network ...
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Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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  HI I have three computers in my network group "WORKGROUP" two connected with
  the ethernet cables and one wireless, one of the ethernet is a "Imac G5" the
  other two are XP; anyway i can see the computer from either of the three
  computers but i can't access them evrytime I try it says that i dont have
  permission to get in and to contact teh administrator.  what did i do wrong??
  --
  Tito

On Fri, 3 Nov 2006 07:47:02 -0800, Tito <T***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

One of the most common cause of your problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are several
other possible causes too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

With an IMac in the network, you could be looking at a master browser conflict
too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html

And there are several other possibilities that can cause the "... access denied
...." error.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-5-aka-access-denied.html

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