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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied"
message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. |
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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
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"av8r" wrote: Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. Un-share and re-share one of the problem folders and see if it becomes accessible. If it does, do the same to the other folders. If it doesn't, there are many possible causes, and they depend on: 1. Which version of XP has the folders that can't be accessed: Home Edition, or Professional? XP Home denies network access to the Windows and Program Files folders, and to individual users' folders under Documents and Settings. 2. If it's Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled? If it's enabled, XP Professional denies access to the same folders that I mentioned above. 3. If it's Professional and simple file sharing is disabled, see this web page for how to configure everything: Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Thanks for your response, Steve.
Both machines are running XP Home. The folders I am trying to access, and formerly was able to access, are not in the programs or windows folders. Do you have any other suggestions? Byron "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , "av8r" wrote: Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. Un-share and re-share one of the problem folders and see if it becomes accessible. If it does, do the same to the other folders. If it doesn't, there are many possible causes, and they depend on: 1. Which version of XP has the folders that can't be accessed: Home Edition, or Professional? XP Home denies network access to the Windows and Program Files folders, and to individual users' folders under Documents and Settings. 2. If it's Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled? If it's enabled, XP Professional denies access to the same folders that I mentioned above. 3. If it's Professional and simple file sharing is disabled, see this web page for how to configure everything: Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
Have you tried unsharing and then resharing the troublesome folders?
Carey "av8r" wrote in message ... Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. |
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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
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"av8r" wrote: Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. Un-share and re-share one of the problem folders and see if it becomes accessible. If it does, do the same to the other folders. If it doesn't, there are many possible causes, and they depend on: 1. Which version of XP has the folders that can't be accessed: Home Edition, or Professional? XP Home denies network access to the Windows and Program Files folders, and to individual users' folders under Documents and Settings. 2. If it's Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled? If it's enabled, XP Professional denies access to the same folders that I mentioned above. 3. If it's Professional and simple file sharing is disabled, see this web page for how to configure everything: Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm Thanks for your response, Steve. Both machines are running XP Home. The folders I am trying to access, and formerly was able to access, are not in the programs or windows folders. Do you have any other suggestions? Byron Did you try my suggestion to un-share and re-share one of the folders? What exactly is the full path to the inaccessible folders? -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
I just tried again unsharing and resharing several folders. None worked,
those that have worked along continue to. File path in both cases is :\documents and settings\User name\ My Documents as well as some other folders under user name. Thanks again, Byron "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , "av8r" wrote: Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. Un-share and re-share one of the problem folders and see if it becomes accessible. If it does, do the same to the other folders. If it doesn't, there are many possible causes, and they depend on: 1. Which version of XP has the folders that can't be accessed: Home Edition, or Professional? XP Home denies network access to the Windows and Program Files folders, and to individual users' folders under Documents and Settings. 2. If it's Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled? If it's enabled, XP Professional denies access to the same folders that I mentioned above. 3. If it's Professional and simple file sharing is disabled, see this web page for how to configure everything: Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm Thanks for your response, Steve. Both machines are running XP Home. The folders I am trying to access, and formerly was able to access, are not in the programs or windows folders. Do you have any other suggestions? Byron Did you try my suggestion to un-share and re-share one of the folders? What exactly is the full path to the inaccessible folders? -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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Home Network access to SOME folders lost
To quote Chuck:
"That's how Windows XP works when it's installed on an NTFS disk partition using "simple file sharing". It blocks access to the Program Files and Windows folders and to individual users' folders within Documents and Settings. You can share subfolders within those folders, e.g. you can share "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express" or "C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop" and access that folder from another computer on the network." "av8r" wrote in message ... I just tried again unsharing and resharing several folders. None worked, those that have worked along continue to. File path in both cases is :\documents and settings\User name\ My Documents as well as some other folders under user name. Thanks again, Byron "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: In article , "av8r" wrote: Have had two XP machines file sharing for several months. Now "Access denied" message when trying to access SOME but not all of the shared folders over the MS Home network. How can I correct this. There have been no changes to folder sharing opitons and the ones I can access are set identically to the ones I can no longer access. Un-share and re-share one of the problem folders and see if it becomes accessible. If it does, do the same to the other folders. If it doesn't, there are many possible causes, and they depend on: 1. Which version of XP has the folders that can't be accessed: Home Edition, or Professional? XP Home denies network access to the Windows and Program Files folders, and to individual users' folders under Documents and Settings. 2. If it's Professional, is simple file sharing enabled or disabled? If it's enabled, XP Professional denies access to the same folders that I mentioned above. 3. If it's Professional and simple file sharing is disabled, see this web page for how to configure everything: Windows XP Professional File Sharing http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm Thanks for your response, Steve. Both machines are running XP Home. The folders I am trying to access, and formerly was able to access, are not in the programs or windows folders. Do you have any other suggestions? Byron Did you try my suggestion to un-share and re-share one of the folders? What exactly is the full path to the inaccessible folders? -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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