Shared drived problems please help

[yar]

Hi

I have a problem accessing a drive on my computer across a network.

In one machine I have two hard drives both are shared identically (I think?)
I can access one via the network but get the access is denied you might not
have permission on the other?.

I can not find out how or why this is happening, I know it used to be okay
but now its not.

Help Please

[Chuck]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:19:49 -0000, "yar" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have a problem accessing a drive on my computer across a network.
>
>In one machine I have two hard drives both are shared identically (I think?)
>I can access one via the network but get the access is denied you might not
>have permission on the other?.
>
>I can not find out how or why this is happening, I know it used to be okay
>but now its not.
>
>Help Please


What operating system (and service pack) is running one each computer? Windows
XP? Windows XP Home or Pro? Other operating system? This makes a difference.

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started.

On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used, give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.

On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest with Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.

On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

[Jack]

Sharing Hi

May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

Jack (MVP-Networking).


"yar" > wrote in message
...
> Hi
>
> I have a problem accessing a drive on my computer across a network.
>
> In one machine I have two hard drives both are shared identically (I
think?)
> I can access one via the network but get the access is denied you might
not
> have permission on the other?.
>
> I can not find out how or why this is happening, I know it used to be okay
> but now its not.
>
> Help Please
>
>

[yar]

Thanks for the help.

Turned machine on today and its sees the drive! don't you just love
computers!



"Jack" <www.ezlan.net> wrote in message
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> Sharing Hi
>
> May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
> "yar" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Hi
>>
>> I have a problem accessing a drive on my computer across a network.
>>
>> In one machine I have two hard drives both are shared identically (I
> think?)
>> I can access one via the network but get the access is denied you might
> not
>> have permission on the other?.
>>
>> I can not find out how or why this is happening, I know it used to be
>> okay
>> but now its not.
>>
>> Help Please
>>
>>
>
>