Can't access USB hard drive on network

Dear All,

I have a peer to peer network with a desktop computer running as a
"server" running windows XP pro.
To this is attached a USB hard drive. I have shared the whole drive for
everybody to use.
On a laptop running Win 7 I can "see" the drive attached to the computer
and can map it but I am not allowed to access any of the folders, I get
an error message saying I do not have permission.
What should I do, please?

AMcF
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Alex McFarlane

Alex McFarlane wrote:
Dear All,

I have a peer to peer network with a desktop computer running as a
"server" running windows XP pro.
To this is attached a USB hard drive. I have shared the whole drive for
everybody to use.
On a laptop running Win 7 I can "see" the drive attached to the computer
and can map it but I am not allowed to access any of the folders, I get
an error message saying I do not have permission.
What should I do, please?

AMcF


Make sure that the user account with which you're logging into the Win7
computer exists on the WinXP computer and has permissions to the share.


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I've done this.
Both user accounts are called Alex, no passwords and the permissions on
the XP computer is set to everyone.

AMcF




In message , Bruce Chambers
writes
Alex McFarlane wrote:
Dear All,
I have a peer to peer network with a desktop computer running as a
"server" running windows XP pro.
To this is attached a USB hard drive. I have shared the whole drive
for everybody to use.
On a laptop running Win 7 I can "see" the drive attached to the
computer and can map it but I am not allowed to access any of the
folders, I get an error message saying I do not have permission.
What should I do, please?
AMcF


Make sure that the user account with which you're logging into
the Win7 computer exists on the WinXP computer and has permissions to
the share.



--
Alex McFarlane

Alex McFarlane wrote:
Dear All,
I have a peer to peer network with a desktop computer running as
a "server" running windows XP pro.
To this is attached a USB hard drive. I have shared the whole
drive for everybody to use.
On a laptop running Win 7 I can "see" the drive attached to the
computer and can map it but I am not allowed to access any of
the folders, I get an error message saying I do not have
permission. What should I do, please?
AMcF


Make sure that the user account with which you're logging into
the Win7 computer exists on the WinXP computer and has
permissions to the share.



I've done this.
Both user accounts are called Alex, no passwords and the
permissions on the XP computer is set to everyone.


On Windows XP Servers, matching usernames and passwords only applies
to XP Pro machines which have Simple File Sharing disabled. If you
have Simple File Sharing enabled (or have XP Home), then all network
accesses to any shared file or folder are granted using the "Guest"
account. This means that (1) the "Guest" user must be active and (2)
the user "Guest" must have access to the shared files/folders/drives.

To verify the Guest user is active, bring up a command window
(Start-Run-"cmd") and enter the command:
net user guest
Then verify that the line
Account Active: Yes
is present. If not, use the command
net user guest /active:yes
to activate it.

To enable/disable Simple file sharing, double click on any folder,
then:
Tools-Folder Options - View
The last item on the list will be Simple File Sharing.
You may solve your problem simply by disabling it.

HTH,
John