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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 -- Alex McFarlane |
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Can't access USB hard drive on network
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. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. ~ Denis Diderot |
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Can't access USB hard drive on network
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 |
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Can't access USB hard drive on network
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 |
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