Getting 2 XP pro computers to see one another and share a drive

[Technician]

Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP computers to
share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in question, I
have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the internet
through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have installed (
Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but I
simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.

[Steve C. Ray]

I assume you have file sharing enabled for the drives?

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"Technician" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP computers
to
> share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in question,
I
> have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the internet
> through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have installed (
> Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but I
> simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
>

[LVTravel]

Do you have a user account on each computer with the same name? This is
required for peer to peer file sharing on XP. That user doesn't have to be
logged in just have the account present. Also I will assume that each
machine has a different machine name (required) when you state that they
have the same workgroup name.

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"Technician" > wrote in message
...
> Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP computers
to
> share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in question,
I
> have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the internet
> through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have installed (
> Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but I
> simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.
> Thank you.
>
>
>
>
>
>

[Technician]

Yes, I have an Admin account on both machines. Both machines have the same
Workgroup name. Each computer has it's own distinctive name.






"LVTravel" > wrote in message
...
> Do you have a user account on each computer with the same name? This is
> required for peer to peer file sharing on XP. That user doesn't have to
be
> logged in just have the account present. Also I will assume that each
> machine has a different machine name (required) when you state that they
> have the same workgroup name.
>
> --
> Please respond back to the newsgroup when your problem has been solved to
> assist all in the newsgroup!
>
>
> "Technician" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP computers
> to
> > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
question,
> I
> > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
internet
> > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have installed
(
> > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but I
> > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Technician]

Steve, please tell me how I can check this out.






"Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
...
> I assume you have file sharing enabled for the drives?
>
> --
> Steve C. Ray
> Replace "mail" with "36db"
> "Technician" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP computers
> to
> > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
question,
> I
> > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
internet
> > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have installed
(
> > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but I
> > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
> > Thank you.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[Steve C. Ray]

Right click on desired drives/folders, click on Sharing and Security, see if
the sharing boxes are checked.

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Steve C. Ray
Replace "mail" with "36db"
"Technician" > wrote in message
...
> Steve, please tell me how I can check this out.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I assume you have file sharing enabled for the drives?
> >
> > --
> > Steve C. Ray
> > Replace "mail" with "36db"
> > "Technician" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP
computers
> > to
> > > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
> question,
> > I
> > > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
> internet
> > > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have
installed
> (
> > > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of but
I
> > > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

[Technician]

Steve, I checked on my system and it indeed has "Share this folder on the
network" and "Allow network users to change my files" both checked. The
only thing Greyed out is the "Make this folder Private" check box. I feel
that I am close but one domino is out of place and messing up the whole
works. Thanks for your help.






"Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
...
> Right click on desired drives/folders, click on Sharing and Security, see
if
> the sharing boxes are checked.
>
> --
> Steve C. Ray
> Replace "mail" with "36db"
> "Technician" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Steve, please tell me how I can check this out.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Steve C. Ray" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > I assume you have file sharing enabled for the drives?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Steve C. Ray
> > > Replace "mail" with "36db"
> > > "Technician" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP
> computers
> > > to
> > > > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
> > question,
> > > I
> > > > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
> > internet
> > > > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have
> installed
> > (
> > > > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of
but
> I
> > > > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>