Firewall makes c: inaccessible on LAN

I just installed SP-2 on WinXP.

This doesn't seem to make sense... I "shared" a folder (within c:\My
Documents) and the share screen even says (with the WinXP firewall ENABLED
that) ... "Windows firewall is configured to allow this folder to share".

Problem is...other PC's on the LAN can't see the folder...they show the
folder as "inaccessible". When I turn OFF the firewall, everything appears
on the other PC's...the folder is accessible.

Can someone help with what's going on here?

I don't want to get into the thing of... "your router has a firewall so you
don't need WinXP firewall anyway". Yes, I do have a Linksys firewall
router, but I also have a backup dialup connection so I ENABLED the WinXP
firewall to protect THAT path in case someone uses it. But in WinXP it's
all or nothing... "enabling" applies to the LAN connection too... WinXP
doesn't allow you to set ENABLED to firewall for the dialup, and NON-ENABLED
for the LAN that goes thru the firewall router to outside Internet. Take my
word for it.

So, why does WinXP say its firewall is configured to allow this folder to
share"... but then it really doesn't allow the share at all?

Thanks,
George

The "My Documents" folder may have be made PRIVATE during the install of XP.
I suggest you move it to a sub folder in "Shared Documets"

I could be that simple and the cause is permissions.

I will assume you have all the proper FW ports open via EXCEPTION TAB, NIC
protocols, and have the users accounts authorization set. And your NTFS is
from a fresh clean install, not an update or FAT32 convert.

SJ
"George" wrote in message
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I just installed SP-2 on WinXP.

This doesn't seem to make sense... I "shared" a folder (within c:\My
Documents) and the share screen even says (with the WinXP firewall ENABLED
that) ... "Windows firewall is configured to allow this folder to share".

Problem is...other PC's on the LAN can't see the folder...they show the
folder as "inaccessible". When I turn OFF the firewall, everything
appears on the other PC's...the folder is accessible.

Can someone help with what's going on here?

I don't want to get into the thing of... "your router has a firewall so
you don't need WinXP firewall anyway". Yes, I do have a Linksys firewall
router, but I also have a backup dialup connection so I ENABLED the WinXP
firewall to protect THAT path in case someone uses it. But in WinXP it's
all or nothing... "enabling" applies to the LAN connection too... WinXP
doesn't allow you to set ENABLED to firewall for the dialup, and
NON-ENABLED for the LAN that goes thru the firewall router to outside
Internet. Take my word for it.

So, why does WinXP say its firewall is configured to allow this folder to
share"... but then it really doesn't allow the share at all?

Thanks,
George