can't share files in my home network

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I have two computers are connected to each other with a cross over cable.

One uses windows xp pro(computer A) and the other windows xp media center 2005(computer B)
Computer A can share files and take files from computer B, but computer B can't.

In fact if you go to add a network place in computer B, It only displays its shared folders, I can't add any from computer A, it says that it is not accessible that I don't have network permission to use the resource network and told me to contact this server to find out if I have access permission.

I pinged computer A, and it seems to recieve the file, I checked the lan settings, and it is not locked. Computer A has no firewall, but Computer B has, but it is Computer B having a problem to connect to A.

what should I do?
 
How to connect to another PC on the network

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Go into the control panel and switch the view to classic view
Click on System Icon
Click on Computer Name
Give your PC a Name for A-ultraject1 also create a workgroup name ultrajetnet

Give your PC a Name for B-ultraject2 also create a workgroup name ultrajetnet


Now it gets tricky here... You need to look for Administration Tools in the control panel Click on that then click on Local Security Policy
Click on Local Policies
Click on Security Options

Now to your far right you'll see a list of stuff
Scroll down the list for:

Network access: Sharing and security model for local accounts: Guest
Change the Guest to Classic

Now scroll down a bit too
Network security: LAN Manager authentication level: change the default
to: Send NTLM response.

Now go back to the start button
click on start
then on run
type: services.msc

scroll down the list to the far right for
Computer Browse - Make sure this is set to Auto and is enabled
Network Connections - Make sure this is set to Auto and is enabled

Reboot both PCs down.. If you have problem still get a small switch 5-port type and connect both PCs to it. Better than using the crossover cable. Or you can get yourself a router and let that device do the work. But you still need to have the above set in place...
 
ultrajet said:
it still didn't work. but thank you though, your help is very much appreciated

Setup as static IP adresses then:

Give PC 1

IP: 192.169.100.10
SM: 255.255.255.0
DG: 192.169.100.1

DNS: 192.169.100.1

Give PC 2

IP: 192.169.100.11
SM: 255.255.255.0
DG: 192.169.100.1

DNS: 192.169.100.1


can you ping these pc?

do this...
click on start
then click on run
type: cmd

netstat

This will show active connections

type: netstat - e

this will show nic status

type netstat -s

more info statistics but shows you TCP and UDP

type: arp -a
you should see both if the other pc is connect to your system

Interface: 192.169.12.11
internet address physical address type
192.169.12.12 00:00:00:00:00:00

If you don't see the above do this below as it will flush network protocols
type the following:

nbtstat -r
netsh interface ip delete arpcache
ipconfig /flushdns


if you type: ipconfig /flushdns and you get an error like this:

Could not flush the DNS Resolver Cache: Function failed during execution.

Why because the DNS client service is not running

type: REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Dnscache/V Start /T REG_DWORD /F /D 2

Reboot the XP PC

Whenever you want to make sure you have the right connections under the dos window
type: route print

This will show you your network connections the IP of the PC and default gateway PC IP..
 
Hello. I had a similar problem with file and printer sharing and found the following software to be extremely helpful after I had spent hours myself trying to get it working properly (My problem resided with my firewall - Norton - which HomeNet Manager helped me determine). If you do a Google or Yahoo! search for "HomeNet Manager" it should be one of the top results. That is the name of the program I used to help me get things working and helped me determine where the problem was.

Good luck!
 
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