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hi, Raju

I thin, solution for you r problem , you make 2 class IP but one domain..., or you make 2 group and 2 class IP , fo rexample...:

Class IP

A: 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.3 Group A

B : 192.168.2.1 - 192.168.2.7 Group B

Congrats to try..

-reply by zainal

My impression is that there is a tool "easy lan folder share"  which can solve the problems easily. you may search it at google.

-reply by queuegz

[ when I try to use the cd drive which has the hand under it I get access denied. My little carry on has no cd drive

do you mean that you want, on one computer, to share the contents on the CD inserted in another computer ?
I just tested this, it works perfectly. Of course, you cannot write on the remote folder, and you have a lot of warnings trying to prevent you from sharing the root folder of a drive, but I accessed it from the remote computer without any trouble.

access denied to cd drive xp home both computersSharing Files In Windows Xp Home

Can share all types of folders between the two computers on the net I set up but when I try to use the cd drive which has the hand under it I get access denied. My little carry on has no cd drive so that is what I really need. I get all sorts of ideas about PRO but they don't apply to HOME can someone walk me through it? 

-question by Otto

 

Networking problem
Sharing Files In Windows Xp Home

Hi sir I am Nagaraju.D from India.

I have 10 systems and among them three are in one work group and 7 are in one workgroup. Now my problem is I have to send or receive files from these three systems to 7 systems and from 7 to 3 systems.

So please give me support , its a challenge to me to makeit which depends to my development in future.

I done onething ihave secured the admin user and I given another account as worker which is limited. And I set another system between 3 and 7 systems with to lan cards one is for three systems and another is for other 7 systems sharing. But here in this limited account Anu scriptmanager software for telugu typing is not working.

Please help me or how to block filesharing and ip adress sharing when they are running in admin user.

-reply by Raju

I had this problem and it ended up being Norton Internet Security Firewall which was the problem.

i am not able to make a password for a guest account on xp home.  the only options are to change the photo or turn that account off...

Ok...i did as you said but it did not work.  i am sharing my entire c drive and i am able to access everything except for my personal my documents folder...any other suggestions?

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this is where the fun part comes in, in control panel there is administrative tools (in classic view) go to computer management local users and group and then users right click on the guest account and set password is there and the rest is 2 + 2 = 4

I think that problem can be solve by
before doing anything:
-go to control panel
-click Network Connections
-right click on your local area connection (or your connection)
-click advance menu bar
-click setting
-and then tick to the off menu, then click ok
-click allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection
-click allow other network users to control or disable the shared internet connection
-click ok
-DONE!

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-right click the file you want to share
-go sharing menu bar
-tick share this folder to network
-if you want to change some thing from another from other computer, tick the allow network users to change my files

That is all I think:D
-click ok, that is all

I have XP family edition, and have no problem sharing files, sharing my XP comuter shared folders being used from other XP computers as well as from Win ME or from Win2k.
So, the problem is not arising from XP, it's coming from somewhere else.
By the way, cann your PC's ping each other ? Pinging is a simple way to be sure the Ethernet link works correctly and both computers can see each other.

Make sure both computers exist on the same Workgroup, Static IPs (not necessary), different Computer Names, Same subnet and IP class.

The help file is a really good source of information (well, not completely true it states things that don't exist, or maybe should exist). Just read the help file about the networking, which shows how permissions work (similar to chmod but way different).

You do not need the guest account. When using simple sharing, which is default and recommended, you must give Shares full access if you want anyone on your network to access it, strange but true and makes no logical sense. This is only for System critical directories and your own personal directories. So when you right click on say Program Files (System Critical Directory) you should be able to select Share this and then from there you turn on sharing and there should be another checkbox that appears which is not filled, it has something to do with full control, rights or similar, enable that too.

I'm not too familiar with Windows XP Home, but if using NTFS then you have the ability to make your directory private, but if you're not using NTFS then you can ignore that part.

If this does not work, then you'll need to look at your Firewall Settings and make sure that it's setup correctly to allow access to computers on your network, you could even disable it just to test it's not the cause of the problem. Windows XP's firewall automatically allows it, so if you do use that then that's not the problem.

Test the other computer by pinging it and seeing if it responds, make sure the other computer's firewall allows ping, disable if you're uncertain. Ping by IP, ping by name, ping your own network IP, ping your own localhost IP.

I may have missed out some things, but I just recently came across the same problem with trying to transfer files from one computer to the other, but eventually discovered, shares needed more than read only access if they were personal folders or critical system directories.


Cheers,

MC