Access shared folders on 2003 server

25 Mar 2009 10:11 AM

MarkW1307

I have a windows XP home edition PC which i am trying to connect to my Office
server through a VPN link. The server is a 2003 Server with Small Business
Sever SP2.
From my XP home pc, i can connect to the office network through the VPN and
ping the server and other devices on the remote network but i am unable to
connect to shared folders on the 2003 server. I have checked the security
settings on the server and my user has permission to access the
folder/subfolders in question.
Could anyone please advise what i might be missing. Thanks

25 Mar 2009 4:09 PM

Peter Foldes

Might want to post this to the windows.server.networking

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"MarkW1307" <MarkW1***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a windows XP home edition PC which i am trying to connect to my Office
> server through a VPN link. The server is a 2003 Server with Small Business
> Sever SP2.
> From my XP home pc, i can connect to the office network through the VPN and
> ping the server and other devices on the remote network but i am unable to
> connect to shared folders on the 2003 server. I have checked the security
> settings on the server and my user has permission to access the
> folder/subfolders in question.
> Could anyone please advise what i might be missing. Thanks
>
>

25 Mar 2009 8:07 PM

John Wunderlich

=?Utf-8?B?TWFya1cxMzA3?= <MarkW1***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

in news:580B9599-1B21-4B8F-A4AD-106101F80BB3@microsoft.com:

> I have a windows XP home edition PC which i am trying to connect
> to my Office server through a VPN link. The server is a 2003
> Server with Small Business Sever SP2.
> From my XP home pc, i can connect to the office network through
> the VPN and ping the server and other devices on the remote
> network but i am unable to connect to shared folders on the 2003
> server. I have checked the security settings on the server and my
> user has permission to access the folder/subfolders in question.
> Could anyone please advise what i might be missing. Thanks
>
>

XP Home enforces simple file sharing which establishes all connections
with the Guest account. Try bringing up a command prompt and manually
specify the login credentials that you need to connect:
Start -> Run -> "cmd"
then
net use * \\server2003\share /user:server2003\username

where "server2003" is replaced with the server's name (or IP) and
"share" replaced with the share name.

HTH,
John