Network XP Home to XP Pro Access denied

Hello,
I am trying to network my laptop w/XP Home to my wifes computer w/XP Pro.
We are using a wireless connection and she can connect to me, but when I try
to connect to her I get a acess denied message.
She is using FAT 32 and I am using NTFS.
Does she have to use NTFS too?
Thanks,
Richard

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rlogan wrote:

> Hello,
> I am trying to network my laptop w/XP Home to my wifes computer w/XP
> Pro. We are using a wireless connection and she can connect to me, but
> when I try to connect to her I get a acess denied message.
> She is using FAT 32 and I am using NTFS.
> Does she have to use NTFS too?
> Thanks,
> Richard

No, the file systems on the computers are irrelevant. Here are some
suggestions:

1. First, make sure you don't have a firewall blocking the local area
network (lan). XPSP2 enables the Windows Firewall. If you aren't
running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm
Protection" (like Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're
fine if you've checked "File & Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab.
If you have third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the
lan traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an IP
range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

2. Create identical usernames/passwords on both computers. Do not use
blank passwords. You can always set the computers to automatically log
onto one account if you want that convenience. See:
Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

3. Create shares as desired.

If you still have problems, here is an excellent network troubleshooter
by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will
usually pinpoint the problem area(s) - http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Malke

Hi Malke,
Checked all that you had sugested and went to the link you gave me -all to
no avail.
Have you any other ideas.
Are you sure that my wifes xp-pro machine doesnt have to run NTFS instead of
FAT-32 ?
Thanks,
rlogan

"Malke" wrote:

> rlogan wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I am trying to network my laptop w/XP Home to my wifes computer w/XP
> > Pro. We are using a wireless connection and she can connect to me, but
> > when I try to connect to her I get a acess denied message.
> > She is using FAT 32 and I am using NTFS.
> > Does she have to use NTFS too?
> > Thanks,
> > Richard
>
> No, the file systems on the computers are irrelevant. Here are some
> suggestions:
>
> 1. First, make sure you don't have a firewall blocking the local area
> network (lan). XPSP2 enables the Windows Firewall. If you aren't
> running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm
> Protection" (like Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're
> fine if you've checked "File & Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab.
> If you have third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the
> lan traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an IP
> range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
> substitute your correct subnet.
>
> 2. Create identical usernames/passwords on both computers. Do not use
> blank passwords. You can always set the computers to automatically log
> onto one account if you want that convenience. See:
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> 3. Create shares as desired.
>
> If you still have problems, here is an excellent network troubleshooter
> by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will
> usually pinpoint the problem area(s) - http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic"
>

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rlogan wrote:

> Hi Malke,
> Checked all that you had sugested and went to the link you gave me
> -all to no avail.
> Have you any other ideas.
> Are you sure that my wifes xp-pro machine doesnt have to run NTFS
> instead of FAT-32 ?

I am quite sure. My lan includes boxen running SuSE 9.3 (Linux - a
laptop and a desktop), three XP Pro machines, one XP Home machine, a
Win98SE machine, and a Windows 2000 machine. The network has also had
at times a Win95 box and a Mac OSX iMac. Every time you download a file
or look at a webpage, you are transferring data from a machine that is
most probably running a Unix or Linux operating system.

You've got something set wrong. Unless you take the time to go through
Mr. Michna's troubleshooter carefully, it can't help you. I have no
idea what you've done wrong but I assure you that the file systems have
nothing to do with it. It most likely is a misconfigured firewall or a
user/password problem. XP Home only authenticates as guest which can be
disabled in Pro (Simple Sharing); however, even if Simple Sharing is
disabled, creating identical user accounts allows authentication.

Here are a few additional links. If you still can't figure it out, then
consider having a professional come take a look.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
(Pro)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot_index.htm

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Malke