>>>>I'm on my laptop. I went to the PC and set some folders to be Shared. Came back to the laptop and they are now available in my network, but it says that I do not have permissions to open them. Which needs to be rebooted, the laptop, the PC, or both? I assume that's the issue. Thanks!
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>>>What's the PC OS?
>>>What's the laptop OS?
>>>What is the network workgroup name? Is it the same on both computers?
>>>Did you use the Shared Folders wizard on the PC?
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>>XP Pro on both. The server is JayServer and the laptop is JayWS. I have other folder that work just fine, but I can't recall if I rebooted when I set them or not. I'm planning on rebooting the PC and then the laptop if that doesn't work, but I just wanted to know the why and stuff. I hate to reboot any of them if I don't have to; the PC is slow to come alive and the laptop has bunches of stuff running that I have to reopen. Did not use any wizard, just went to the folders under the Administrator and changed the Sharing and Security settings.
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>Generally you shouldn't need to reboot either machine.
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>On a peer-to-peer network it's helpful if all machines have the same workgroup name (I believe XP Pro defaults to "Workgroup") - check under Control Panel...System...Computer Name.
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>Did you add the "Everyone" group to the list of those users and groups allowed access to the new folder? If not, you could add a user or group from the laptop e.g. JayPC\Administrators
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>Do you have your local network behind at least a NAT firewall (e.g. broadband router)? If not you should be careful about sharing folders, especially using the Everyone group.
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>One issue with peer-to-peer networks is the determination of the network Master Browser. This is the machine that contains the list of all computers currently active on the network, what folders and printers they are sharing etc. It may take some time for the master browser to be updated on a peer-to-peer network, especially if an election is forced for any reason:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/188001>
>If you think this might be an issue, and your server is running all the time you can force your laptop to never be the master browser by setting a registry value:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/135404I'll look at those, but I just don't get it. I'm on the PC telling it to share with everyone with all rights. From C drive on down through the directory structure. Every folder along the way. Then it shows up in my network list on the network so I can see them on the laptop. Why can't I access them? This stuff always seems like such a pain to me. I'm sure it's just because I don't understand it, but it seems very convoluted at the same time.
