file sharing

I've established a functional home wireless network including a desktop and
notebook, both running XP, and I'm attempting to share files between the two.
On my desktop, both the shared files on the desktop and on the notebook
appear when I open My Network Places, suggesting that file sharing is
functional on the laptop. However, when I open My Network Places on the
laptop, none of these files appear. When I try to View Workgroup computers
on the laptop, I receive a message that my workgroup is not accessible and
that I might not have permission to use this network resource. The network
path is not found. It also says that I need to contact a system
administrator, but neither computer has established system administrator
users. There are no additional firewalls on the notebook that I'm aware of,
and as I said the shared files on the notebook can be accessed on the
desktop. Any thoughts?

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Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"rbeck" <> wrote in message
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> I've established a functional home wireless network including a desktop
and
> notebook, both running XP, and I'm attempting to share files between the
two.
> On my desktop, both the shared files on the desktop and on the notebook
> appear when I open My Network Places, suggesting that file sharing is
> functional on the laptop. However, when I open My Network Places on the
> laptop, none of these files appear. When I try to View Workgroup
computers
> on the laptop, I receive a message that my workgroup is not accessible and
> that I might not have permission to use this network resource. The
network
> path is not found. It also says that I need to contact a system
> administrator, but neither computer has established system administrator
> users. There are no additional firewalls on the notebook that I'm aware
of,
> and as I said the shared files on the notebook can be accessed on the
> desktop. Any thoughts?

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

I appreciate your help. Turns out when I rechecked the McAfee firewall on
the desktop, it was still on. I turned it off and now everything is
functional.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
> "rbeck" <> wrote in message
> news:46023439-3BCE-4FA9-AEBC-...
> > I've established a functional home wireless network including a desktop
> and
> > notebook, both running XP, and I'm attempting to share files between the
> two.
> > On my desktop, both the shared files on the desktop and on the notebook
> > appear when I open My Network Places, suggesting that file sharing is
> > functional on the laptop. However, when I open My Network Places on the
> > laptop, none of these files appear. When I try to View Workgroup
> computers
> > on the laptop, I receive a message that my workgroup is not accessible and
> > that I might not have permission to use this network resource. The
> network
> > path is not found. It also says that I need to contact a system
> > administrator, but neither computer has established system administrator
> > users. There are no additional firewalls on the notebook that I'm aware
> of,
> > and as I said the shared files on the notebook can be accessed on the
> > desktop. Any thoughts?
>
>
>

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