XP/Vista Networking

[Guest David Schwartz]

Hi all. Before I wrote this post I did try and solve the problem myself on

the Internet, but I read such a wide assortment of fixes I figured I would

go the Newsgroup route before I tried to fix my problem.

 

My problem is what many of you have experienced already. I have a small 3

computer network in my office. All 3 were running XP. One of them died and

I got a new computer running Vista (this OS is what NOBODY needed.) I

seemed to have networked the new computer. My other XP's see the computer

and sees the shared C drive, but when I try and open up Vista's C drive from

one of the XP's I get (you all know what I'm going to say):

 

"\Dre-pc\c is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

network resource.. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

you have access permissions. Access is denied."

 

A giant No-prize to any of you who can tell me what to do to allow me access

to my Vista's C drive.

 

Make mine Marvel.

 

Thanx

 

 

--

David Schwartz

Commack, NY

[Guest Mick Murphy]

RE: XP/Vista Networking

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

 

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

 

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

 

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer

sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall.

 

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is

the SAME.

 

In Vista Network and Sharing:

 

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

 

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

 

File Sharing: ON

 

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared

Docs)

 

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and

passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be

asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer

from an XP computer.

 

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer Sharing Wizard to include

Vista in your “New” Network, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to

adding a Vista computer to it.

 

--

Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia

 

 

"David Schwartz" wrote:

> Hi all. Before I wrote this post I did try and solve the problem myself on

> the Internet, but I read such a wide assortment of fixes I figured I would

> go the Newsgroup route before I tried to fix my problem.

>

> My problem is what many of you have experienced already. I have a small 3

> computer network in my office. All 3 were running XP. One of them died and

> I got a new computer running Vista (this OS is what NOBODY needed.) I

> seemed to have networked the new computer. My other XP's see the computer

> and sees the shared C drive, but when I try and open up Vista's C drive from

> one of the XP's I get (you all know what I'm going to say):

>

> "\Dre-pc\c is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

> network resource.. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

> you have access permissions. Access is denied."

>

> A giant No-prize to any of you who can tell me what to do to allow me access

> to my Vista's C drive.

>

> Make mine Marvel.

>

> Thanx

>

>

> --

> David Schwartz

> Commack, NY

>

>

>

[Guest LesleyO]

Re: XP/Vista Networking

 

 

"David Schwartz" <who4ever@optonline.net> wrote in message

news:483f6c4f$0$25062$607ed4bc@cv.net...

> Hi all. Before I wrote this post I did try and solve the problem myself

> on the Internet, but I read such a wide assortment of fixes I figured I

> would go the Newsgroup route before I tried to fix my problem.

>

> My problem is what many of you have experienced already. I have a small 3

> computer network in my office. All 3 were running XP. One of them died

> and I got a new computer running Vista (this OS is what NOBODY needed.) I

> seemed to have networked the new computer. My other XP's see the computer

> and sees the shared C drive, but when I try and open up Vista's C drive

> from one of the XP's I get (you all know what I'm going to say):

>

> "\Dre-pc\c is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

> network resource.. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

> you have access permissions. Access is denied."

>

> A giant No-prize to any of you who can tell me what to do to allow me

> access to my Vista's C drive.

>

> Make mine Marvel.

>

> Thanx

>

>

> --

> David Schwartz

> Commack, NY

Plus, the workgroup name must be identical for all the computers involved,

and the default workgroup name for the XP and Vista workgroups is not the

same. I found that out when I set up my own three-computer network (two XP,

one Vista). I changed the two XPs to Vista's default and now all's well.

LesleyO

[Guest Malke]

Re: XP/Vista Networking

 

David Schwartz wrote:

> Hi all. Before I wrote this post I did try and solve the problem myself

> on the Internet, but I read such a wide assortment of fixes I figured I

> would go the Newsgroup route before I tried to fix my problem.

>

> My problem is what many of you have experienced already. I have a small 3

> computer network in my office. All 3 were running XP. One of them died

> and

> I got a new computer running Vista (this OS is what NOBODY needed.) I

> seemed to have networked the new computer. My other XP's see the computer

> and sees the shared C drive, but when I try and open up Vista's C drive

> from one of the XP's I get (you all know what I'm going to say):

>

> "\Dre-pc\c is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

> network resource.. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

> you have access permissions. Access is denied."

>

> A giant No-prize to any of you who can tell me what to do to allow me

> access to my Vista's C drive.

 

Assuming that you've got the network file sharing set up correctly, you need

to do some additional work if you want to share the root of C:\, which is a

protected resource in Vista.

 

*****

From Michael Bell (MS): When you share out the root of a drive in Vista, the

UI only allows this through the advanced sharing option. When the advanced

sharing option is used it only sets the share permissions. The actual

permissions on a file share are a combination of Folder and Share

permissions. In Vista the everyone group doesn not have permissions so

when you connect without a password the system you can see the folders but

not access them or possibly connect to the share but fail to open it.

 

1. Open Computer

2. Right click on the shared drive and select properties from the context

menu

3. Select the Security Tab in the displayed properties sheet.

 

If you are connecting to the computer with no password then you are

connecting with the guest account. In order to access the files on the

drive, the everyone group needs to have access set here.

*****

 

If after you've done the above you are still having problems, please post

back.

 

Malke

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MS-MVP

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