"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>
>> I'm running 3 Windows Pro computers (A, B, & C) on a LAN. Computer C
>> has an external H drive on it with Share enabled.
>>
>> All computers can access the H drive except computer B (it says you
>> might not have permissions).
>
> Is Simple Sharing enabled or disabled on all three machines? Look in
> Folder Options>View. You need to make the settings identical on all
> three machines. If you leave Simple Sharing enabled, the computers
> authenticate across the lan as Guest. If you disable Simple Sharing,
> create identical user accounts and passwords on all three machines (my
> preference for security reasons but only you know what is appropriate
> in your situation).
>
> Malke
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"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>
>> Simple File Sharing is enabled on all three computers.
>
> Then you've got something else set up wrong and since I can't see your
> computers and you've provided almost no information about your
> networking setup and the external drive, that's about all I can tell
> you.
>
> Is the external drive a NAS? If yes, it is running its own operating
> system (usually a flavor of Linux). Go through the setup for it and
> check the permissions. If it's just a regular external hard drive
> connected via usb or firewire to a local machine, check its Sharing &
> Security Properties. Add Everyone to the list. You may need to disable
> Simple Sharing to get to this function; all my XP Pro boxen have Simple
> Sharing disabled so I can't check for you.
>
> Malke
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> I'm running a hard wired LAN with a router and high speed cable modem.
> File sharing and Remote Desktop work between all computers (except as
> noted between computer B and the H drive on computer C). The external
> H drive attached to the C computer is just a standard disk drive used
> for additional file storage.
>
> The error message when computer B tries to access the remote H drive
> is as follows:
> "You might not have permissions and/or not enough sever storage
> available to process the command"
>
> I understand this problem (not enough sever storage) might be
> associated with Norton Antivirus (which I'm running). I've set
> IRPStackSize to 21 in the Windows Registry as suggested by some posts
> but I still have the problem.

"Malke" <notreally@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jim wrote:
>
>> I'm running a hard wired LAN with a router and high speed cable modem.
>> File sharing and Remote Desktop work between all computers (except as
>> noted between computer B and the H drive on computer C). The external
>> H drive attached to the C computer is just a standard disk drive used
>> for additional file storage.
>>
>> The error message when computer B tries to access the remote H drive
>> is as follows:
>> "You might not have permissions and/or not enough sever storage
>> available to process the command"
>>
>> I understand this problem (not enough sever storage) might be
>> associated with Norton Antivirus (which I'm running). I've set
>> IRPStackSize to 21 in the Windows Registry as suggested by some posts
>> but I still have the problem.
>
> Try setting the IRPStackSize to 25.
>
> Malke
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> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User