Access denied on desktop

As you cannot delete a post(apparently) please ignore
this thread however out of interest I did find the answer
to my problem at the following Knowledge base article
318030. Swtiching on NetBios over TCP/IP from the default
setting to setting two out of the three available worked.
I then setup my network places by adding to them on the
My Network Places tab.I am now able to network print from
the laptop and also connect to the desktop machine .
I hope this helps anyone else who has had a similar
problem.

All the best

Alan

>-----Original Message-----
>Apologies to the group if this has already been
discussed
>BUT!
>
>I have a desktop running XP pro connecting by WiFi to a
>Netgear ADSL modem gateway.The netgear acts as the
access
>point.
> this connection works fine with the desktop accessing
>the 'net okay.
>I have a Sony vaio that connects the same way with no
>problem.
>
>The desktop can see and connect to the laptop by WiFi
but
>the laptop cannot access the desktop.
>
>I have the guest account enabled on the desktop which I
>understand is required for network users.
>The workgroup name is Cosmos on both machines.
>I am only running tcp/ip on both machines and wonder if
>any other network protocol is required?
>I am unable to ping the desktop from the laptop but can
>ping the netgear.
>computer browser is running on the desktop.
>The only problem I have is when trying to set up the
>workgroup on the vaio laptop is a subsystem spooler
error
>message.
>
>The shared drives and printers show up ok on the desktop
>as shared resources. Do I need to go back to the old
>style filesharing and permissions a la NT4./Win2K.
>
>Any ideas etc would be gratefully received
>
>Alan
>.
>