On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:28:45 -0600, Michael List *email_address_deleted*
wrote:

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Chuck wrote:

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Did you enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user
guest /active:yes" in the command window, on both computers?.

Guest accounts are enabled on both machines - no change


Are there any personal firewalls installed on either computer?

Firewalls are disabled on both machines


Michael,

Please provide some more details re your answers above. You say
"...files written before the new laptop was added can be read and written to by
either machine - only new files can't be read.".

Do you have files in previously existing folders - some readable, others not?
Or different folders only?

Files created before the addition of the laptop are readable but those
created or modified after are not

Is the problem with files created, or updated -
what about a file created before, but updated after - is it readable?

And what do you mean by "can't be read"? Can you not see them? Or see but not
open them?

I can see them but not open them - "accessed denied" message appears
when I try to open them.

Can you write to all files that you can open?

Yes

Is this XP Home or Pro?

XP Pro on all machines

And what firewalls are disabled (what brand)?

What is supplied with XP Pro

Michael,

Windows XP includes Internet Connection Firewall (ICF - pre-SP2), or Windows
Firewall (WF - SP2). Both firewalls will block file sharing if not properly
configured.

I have to ask my previous question again. Do you have any cases where some
files (in one folder) are readable, but others (in the same folder) are not?
Does this condition apply to folders (files) in both desktops? Do all files
(that you've tried opening / writing to) with this problem have the same problem
(or not), when accessed from both of the other computers, equally?

Have you always been running Simple File Sharing on all 3 computers? If you had
Advanced File Sharing enabled (SFS disabled) on either desktop at one time, did
you change to SFS on both at the same time? Did you change to SFS at the same
time as you added the laptop? If you ever used AFS, was it Guest only, or
non-Guest, authentication?

Please re enable Advanced File Sharing on one of the desktops temporarily, then
examine Properties - Sharing and Security, for one of the shares. Note that
under AFS, you can set access to specific folders (and even specific files if
desired), and limit access to each to specific users (or Guest). Do you see any
differences for the problem folders (files?)?

Note that, under AFS, you have to set access under both Sharing - Permission,
and under Security, for network access to be permitted (you can cause denial of
access by the wrong setting in either list).

Michael, the more detailed you can analyse this situation, the more likely you
will be able to determine a) what the problem is, and b) which computer(s) the
problem originates on. I can only ask the questions - and you can ask other
questions, but only you can supply the answers.

And Michael, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted
email, than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep
yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest
of the internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

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