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Unable to connect in local network
In my nursing home I have 3 computers. One in my room, lets call it "PC A".
Second one belongs to my manager. Lets call it "PC B". Third one is in the medical store. Lers call it "PC C". All run windows xp professional. PC B had some windows error and was unable to boot into. So I had to reformat the HDD and reinstalled windows XP professional. I created 3 user accounts on PC B. One is my account which is an administrative account, the other two belong to my manager and the radiologist doctor and they are limited accounts. I have a local LAN there but I have never ever given internet access to these PCs for security reasons. PCs C & A have already been connected and I can access PC C from my PC PC A. Now remember PC B was formatted and windows XP was reloaded. I made the "desktop folder" and the "my documents folder " shared in PC B for all three accounts. This is the setup. Now my problem is that I can access my desktop and my documents folder on PC B through PC A, but I am unable to access the desktop and documents folders of my manager and the radiologist doctor's documents & desktop through PC A. Everytime I try to do that it says, "you do not have the necessary priviledges to access. Pl contact the systen adminstrator." I don't understand. I am the adminstrator in all the three pCs. I can access my account in PC B, then why can't i access the other two accounts on PC B ? I tried removing the log in password on the other two limited accounts on PC B, but again the same message. I tried creating a new "trial aco****" on PC B , but again the the same problem. I am really stumped. Can somebody pl help me without asking me to reformat the HDD AND RELOADING WINDOWS ? PC A has win XP SP 2, PC C has Win XP SP2, but I loaded Win XP SP 3 on PC B as I loaded windows again on PC B. Is that the problem ? |
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Unable to connect in local network
Dr Alok Modi MD wrote:
In my nursing home I have 3 computers. One in my room, lets call it "PC A". Second one belongs to my manager. Lets call it "PC B". Third one is in the medical store. Lers call it "PC C". All run windows xp professional. PC B had some windows error and was unable to boot into. So I had to reformat the HDD and reinstalled windows XP professional. I created 3 user accounts on PC B. One is my account which is an administrative account, the other two belong to my manager and the radiologist doctor and they are limited accounts. I have a local LAN there but I have never ever given internet access to these PCs for security reasons. PCs C & A have already been connected and I can access PC C from my PC PC A. Now remember PC B was formatted and windows XP was reloaded. I made the "desktop folder" and the "my documents folder " shared in PC B for all three accounts. This is the setup. Now my problem is that I can access my desktop and my documents folder on PC B through PC A, but I am unable to access the desktop and documents folders of my manager and the radiologist doctor's documents & desktop through PC A. Everytime I try to do that it says, "you do not have the necessary priviledges to access. Pl contact the systen adminstrator." I don't understand. I am the adminstrator in all the three pCs. I can access my account in PC B, then why can't i access the other two accounts on PC B ? I tried removing the log in password on the other two limited accounts on PC B, but again the same message. I tried creating a new "trial aco****" on PC B , but again the the same problem. I am really stumped. Can somebody pl help me without asking me to reformat the HDD AND RELOADING WINDOWS ? PC A has win XP SP 2, PC C has Win XP SP2, but I loaded Win XP SP 3 on PC B as I loaded windows again on PC B. Is that the problem ? No. The problem is probably that you haven't created matching user accounts/passwords and/or have misconfigured your firewall. Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Unable to connect in local network
Dr Alok Modi MD wrote:
In my nursing home I have 3 computers. One in my room, lets call it "PC A". Second one belongs to my manager. Lets call it "PC B". Third one is in the medical store. Lers call it "PC C". All run windows xp professional. PC B had some windows error and was unable to boot into. So I had to reformat the HDD and reinstalled windows XP professional. I created 3 user accounts on PC B. One is my account which is an administrative account, the other two belong to my manager and the radiologist doctor and they are limited accounts. I have a local LAN there but I have never ever given internet access to these PCs for security reasons. PCs C & A have already been connected and I can access PC C from my PC PC A. Now remember PC B was formatted and windows XP was reloaded. I made the "desktop folder" and the "my documents folder " shared in PC B for all three accounts. This is the setup. Now my problem is that I can access my desktop and my documents folder on PC B through PC A, but I am unable to access the desktop and documents folders of my manager and the radiologist doctor's documents & desktop through PC A. Everytime I try to do that it says, "you do not have the necessary priviledges to access. Pl contact the systen adminstrator." I don't understand. I am the adminstrator in all the three pCs. I can access my account in PC B, then why can't i access the other two accounts on PC B ? I tried removing the log in password on the other two limited accounts on PC B, but again the same message. I tried creating a new "trial aco****" on PC B , but again the the same problem. I am really stumped. Can somebody pl help me without asking me to reformat the HDD AND RELOADING WINDOWS ? PC A has win XP SP 2, PC C has Win XP SP2, but I loaded Win XP SP 3 on PC B as I loaded windows again on PC B. Is that the problem ? No. The problem is probably that you haven't created matching user accounts/passwords and/or have misconfigured your firewall. Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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