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Home Network ProblemI have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows Network, and
all sharing Internet connection. Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to network. Found internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from notebook, and can access shared folders no problem. From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot access shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" and advised that I may not have permission to use, etc... Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but to no avail. Help!! Hello Noelma,
If you have a firewall program either ZoneAlarm, Norton, or Sygate installed make sure it is configured properly on the network. An improperly configured firewall can block file and printer sharing. Show quoteHide quote "noelma" <noe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:CE35630F-2271-4BA9-9307-C47D9AEBB43D@microsoft.com... >I have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows Network, and > all sharing Internet connection. > Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to network. Found > internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from notebook, and can access > shared folders no problem. > From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot access > shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" and advised > that > I may not have permission to use, etc... > Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but to no > avail. > Help!! > Thanks Eric. Only firewall is the MS Windows one, and that is configured to
permit file sharing. There is a McAfee Anti-Virus program, but I have checked that and it is not running a separate firewall. To be sure - is there a way to check what firewalls are active? Show quoteHide quote "Eric Cross" wrote: > Hello Noelma, > > If you have a firewall program either ZoneAlarm, Norton, or Sygate installed > make sure it is configured properly on the network. An improperly configured > firewall can block file and printer sharing. > > -- > Eric Cross > Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > > "noelma" <noe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CE35630F-2271-4BA9-9307-C47D9AEBB43D@microsoft.com... > >I have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows Network, and > > all sharing Internet connection. > > Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to network. Found > > internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from notebook, and can access > > shared folders no problem. > > From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot access > > shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" and advised > > that > > I may not have permission to use, etc... > > Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but to no > > avail. > > Help!! > > > > > Ooops..! McAfee was actually running a firewall!! Disabled it and connection
now working! Cheers!! :) Show quoteHide quote "Eric Cross" wrote: > Hello Noelma, > > If you have a firewall program either ZoneAlarm, Norton, or Sygate installed > make sure it is configured properly on the network. An improperly configured > firewall can block file and printer sharing. > > -- > Eric Cross > Microsoft MVP (Windows Desktop Experience) > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > > > "noelma" <noe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:CE35630F-2271-4BA9-9307-C47D9AEBB43D@microsoft.com... > >I have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows Network, and > > all sharing Internet connection. > > Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to network. Found > > internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from notebook, and can access > > shared folders no problem. > > From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot access > > shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" and advised > > that > > I may not have permission to use, etc... > > Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but to no > > avail. > > Help!! > > > > > =?Utf-8?B?bm9lbG1h?= <noe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
Show quoteHide quote news:CE35630F-2271-4BA9-9307-C47D9AEBB43D@microsoft.com: Since notebook is running XP Home, it is using Simple File Sharing and > I have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows > Network, and all sharing Internet connection. > Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to > network. Found internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from > notebook, and can access shared folders no problem. > From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot > access shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" > and advised that I may not have permission to use, etc... > Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but > to no avail. > Help!! > all file access is through the "guest" account. Make sure your guest account is active: Start->Run-> "cmd" net user guest In the resulting printout, verify the line: Account active Yes Secondly, make sure you aren't trying to share any folder directly under "Documents and Settings", the "Windows" folder, or the "Program Files" folder. One other thing you might try is: <http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm> HTH, John Thanks John! But I think the problem was that McAfee was actually running a
firewall! Disabled it and now all working! Show quoteHide quote "John Wunderlich" wrote: > =?Utf-8?B?bm9lbG1h?= <noe***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in > news:CE35630F-2271-4BA9-9307-C47D9AEBB43D@microsoft.com: > > > I have 3 PCs running XP Pro - SP3 all connected via MS Windows > > Network, and all sharing Internet connection. > > Just got a notebook running XP Home - SP3. Conected it to > > network. Found internet no problem. Can see all other PC's from > > notebook, and can access shared folders no problem. > > From the PC I can see notebook listed within network, but cannot > > access shared folders/files. Get message "Network path not found" > > and advised that I may not have permission to use, etc... > > Have read thru similar posts and tried some of the suggestions but > > to no avail. > > Help!! > > > > Since notebook is running XP Home, it is using Simple File Sharing and > all file access is through the "guest" account. Make sure your guest > account is active: > Start->Run-> "cmd" > net user guest > In the resulting printout, verify the line: > Account active Yes > > Secondly, make sure you aren't trying to share any folder directly > under "Documents and Settings", the "Windows" folder, or the "Program > Files" folder. > > One other thing you might try is: > <http://windowsxp.mvps.org/undoprivate.htm> > > HTH, > John > 
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