I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...

Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
They are all pretty much setup the same way,
and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps of sharing.

I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.

I can see it in the "Windows network",
I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".

I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
that refuses to share.....

Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?

I don't know what else to look for....

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote in message
news:yjO6h.25747$TV3.25468@newssvr21.news.prodigy. com
> I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...
>
> Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
> On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local
> network. They are all pretty much setup the same way,
> and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps of sharing.
>
> I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
> We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
> And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
> to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.
>
> I can see it in the "Windows network",
> I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
> but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".
>
> I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
> with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
> that refuses to share.....
>
> Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
> and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?
>
> I don't know what else to look for....

Oh no! You didn't delete the c$ share did you? You need to put that
back.

--
Bill

"P.Schuman" <pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote in message
news:yjO6h.25747$TV3.25468@newssvr21.news.prodigy. com...
> I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...
>
> Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
> On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
> They are all pretty much setup the same way,
> and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps of sharing.
>
> I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
> We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
> And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
> to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.
>
> I can see it in the "Windows network",
> I can click on the computer icon and drop to the next level,
> but at the lowest level - we get an error message about "permissions".
>
> I'm pretty sure that's a bogus message, as the laptops are setup
> with the same users, etc - and it's just this single laptop
> that refuses to share.....
>
> Anyone run into problems after sharing the entire C: drive,
> and then going back to just sharing a few sub-dirs ?
>
> I don't know what else to look for....
>

Check that the permissions on the sub directories include the account on the
other machine.

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 00:31:26 GMT, "P.Schuman"
<pschuman_NO_SPAM_ME@interserv.com> wrote:

>I've tried looking around to see if anyone has experienced this...
>
>Running Windows/XP SP2 Pro on our laptops.
>On one of the laptops, I can't get it to share across the local network.
>They are all pretty much setup the same way,
>and we are pretty familiar with the various speed bumps of sharing.
>
>I THINK that this is the result of at some point in time
>We shared the entire C: drive - got the warning msg - and did it.
>And it proceeded just fine.... after that - we reset the sharing
>to just point at a couple of sub-dirs... and now it does not work.



I'd first suspect a firewall problem. Disable firewalls on both
machines for testing.