"Chuck" wrote:

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:11:05 -0800, "Mudjeep"
wrote:



"Chuck" wrote:

SNIP

OK, your symptoms are pretty consistent, and one-directional. Laptop just can't
access resources (or enumerate them) on Desktop.

You've activated the Guest account (Desktop being XP Home) on both computers,
using the net command (not just using the Control Panel applet), right? And
we're pretty sure that you don't have a firewall interfering.

So now we're down to registry settings. There are 2 settings which might be
relevant - everyoneincludesanonymous and restrictanonymous. The Guest account
uses anonymous access.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=278259
http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403

The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.

Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry

Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.

From the Annoyances article:
You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a
branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and
press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad
(right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry
patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the
registry.

SNIP

Thanks Chuck, that worked!!

I have one other problem. One of the folders on Laptop (XP Pro) that I'm
sure I had access to before (from Desktop) is no longer accessible. This
problem occured prior to the resolution of the last one, but not sure exactly
when. I seem able to map it okay, but when I try to open it I get the "S:\
is not accessible. Access is denied." message. It seems to be properly
configured for sharing, and I have gone back through the previous actions of
this thread to try and work out what I did but no luck. The other shared
folder works no problems.

Ah, progress! Maybe.

What you mean is that worked, but caused another problem. What exactly did you
do? Did you change one of the registry settings, and if so, which one? Or did
you have to reset the Guest account?

What's different about this folder? Is it the only one with this problem? Look
in Properties - Security, and compare with a couple other folders with no
problem.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.


FIXED IT!! The Everyone group was missing.

Thanks so much for everything Chuck, you're a legend!

Cheers mate.

Jason.
Perth Australia