On 12 Nov 2006 19:28:51 -0800, "Loopy Lou" <sherw***@programmer.net> wrote:

>Two Windows XP Pro SP2 machines are connected in a LAN. I want machine
>B to have access to all the files in a folder on machine A, so I use
>the file's sharing and security properties to enable sharing ("You can
>share this folder with other users on your network...").
>
>On machine B, the folder is visible under its share name, and I can
>look at its properties. However, if I try to list the files in the
>shared folder by double-clicking the folder in Windows Explorer on
>machine B, I get the message "\\Machine A\SharedName is not accessible.
>You might not have permission to use this network resource...".
>
>How do I get the sharing to work in the expected way? On A, the
>folder's permissions include Read access for Everyone. I have Simple
>File Sharing turned off on both machines. Machine B has no passwords (i
>e, no signon when the system is booted); machine A has several
>accounts, of which the administrator is the only one in use.

On 15 Nov 2006 12:29:25 -0800, "Loopy Lou" <sherw***@programmer.net> wrote:

>Chuck wrote:
>> On 12 Nov 2006 19:28:51 -0800, "Loopy Lou" <sherw***@programmer.net> wrote:
>>
>> If you turn Simple File Sharing off, then you need one or more common accounts,
>> with identical passwords, on each computer, properly activated for network
>> access.
>
>Chuck -
>
>I had already looked at your web site, but I don't understand how I set
>up these common accounts and passwords.
>
>If I turn on SFS, will things work the way I want? I had only turned it
>off to try to figure out another network problem (XP Home and W98SE
>unable to share a particular file).