Issue with accessing desktop pc from Laptop
 

I have a desktop PC, a laptop, a wireless Netgear wg614 router, Comcast cable
modem, and a vonage router for my phone.

I have it connected as follows.. cable modem -> connected to the WAN port on
the Netgear router, from the Netgear router I have one LAN port connected to
my desktop and another LAN port connected to the vonage router.

My problem is this...
From my laptop I cannot access the desktop or the printer attached to the
desktop. I can "see" it in the workgroup, I am also able to ping it.
They are in the same network (laptop IP 192.168.1.3 and desktop is
192.168.1.4).
I have enabled file and print sharing. I uncheked the simple file sharing
under folders -> options. (I have read various help threads before posting
here).
When I try to access the desktop, it says it is connected but I don't have
permission. (I did not enable a password for accessing that PC, and if I did
I have no idea where I would have done it.). I am able to access the internet
on the laptop.
Help! It has been like 3 days that I have been pondering over this. I even
installed network magic, all that did was give me a fancy user interface
telling me what I already know. Now my laptop lags with the network magic
software and I am going to have to remove it.
Thank you for any and all help that I can get!
Carrie

Re: Issue with accessing desktop pc from Laptop
 

"Carrie" <Carrie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:546B3B74-FEBF-4FA2-BF36-3E0FDA62FF62@microsoft.com...
>I have a desktop PC, a laptop, a wireless Netgear wg614 router, Comcast
>cable
> modem, and a vonage router for my phone.
>
> I have it connected as follows.. cable modem -> connected to the WAN port
> on
> the Netgear router, from the Netgear router I have one LAN port connected
> to
> my desktop and another LAN port connected to the vonage router.
>
> My problem is this...
> From my laptop I cannot access the desktop or the printer attached to the
> desktop. I can "see" it in the workgroup, I am also able to ping it.
> They are in the same network (laptop IP 192.168.1.3 and desktop is
> 192.168.1.4).
> I have enabled file and print sharing. I uncheked the simple file sharing
> under folders -> options. (I have read various help threads before
> posting
> here).
> When I try to access the desktop, it says it is connected but I don't have
> permission. (I did not enable a password for accessing that PC, and if I
> did
> I have no idea where I would have done it.). I am able to access the
> internet
> on the laptop.
> Help! It has been like 3 days that I have been pondering over this. I even
> installed network magic, all that did was give me a fancy user interface
> telling me what I already know. Now my laptop lags with the network magic
> software and I am going to have to remove it.
> Thank you for any and all help that I can get!
> Carrie

You left out how the laptop is connected, but I suppose you are using an
ethernet cable.

You have left out how you have shared folders and printers.

You have left out how you have mapped these shared folders and printers on
the remote machines. In particular, you
did not mention whether you are using guest or user authentication. You can
have mapped folders and printers with
both kinds of authentication when you have disabled simple file sharing.

When XP asks for a username/password for these entities, it expects you to
enter the name of an account on the remote
machine and to enter the password for that account. If you are using Guest
authentication, then the username is Guest and the password
is whatever you have set for it. Note that XP sends that message if either
the account you entered does not exist or the password you entered does
not match.

Jim