can't network after full drive sharing

16 Nov 2006 12:28 AM

P.Schuman

I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...

Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
They are all pretty much setup the same way,
and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps.

I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.

I can see it in the "Windows network",
I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".

I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
that refuses to share.....

Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?

I don't know what else to look for....

16 Nov 2006 4:42 AM

Chuck

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:28:25 GMT, "P.Schuman"
<pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote:

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>I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...
>
>Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
>On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
>They are all pretty much setup the same way,
>and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps.
>
>I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
>We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
>And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
>to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.
>
>I can see it in the "Windows network",
>I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
>but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".
>
>I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
>with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
>that refuses to share.....
>
>Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
>and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?
>
>I don't know what else to look for....

What's the complete and exact error message?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/01/look-at-complete-detail-in-error.html

Are the computers XP Home, XP Pro with Simple File Sharing, XP Pro with Advanced
File Sharing using Guest, or XP Pro with Advanced File Sharing using a non-Guest
account that has administrative access? What's the exact path that you're
trying to access?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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16 Nov 2006 2:22 PM

dkax_1@otma

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"P.Schuman" wrote:

> I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...
>
> Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
> On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
> They are all pretty much setup the same way,
> and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps.
>
> I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
> We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
> And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
> to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.
>
> I can see it in the "Windows network",
> I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
> but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".
>
> I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
> with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
> that refuses to share.....
>
> Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
> and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?
>
> I don't know what else to look for....
>
>
>