problem with connect from desktop to laptop?

[jfdabiri]

hi,
i have a desktop and laptop that are networked. both can ping each other. laptop can map network drives off of desktop, but the desktop can not map network drives off of laptop. the firewalls are off on both. i don't seem to find out what the problem is. the security on laptop c drive is set to "share", but still the desktop cannot access it. any ideas?
thanks.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Are both of these using windows xp? Also from my experience you have to specify certain folders for sharing depending on which type of network you use with windows xp.

Not sure if you have tried these but give them a try.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_august13.mspx

If one of the computers is using windows 2000, you will have to make an account for the computer to access. Windows 2000 will not let you access the computer without an account and password.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon

 

[jfdabiri]

both are using win-xp-sp2

 

[IHateXP]

If it's an option, open a folder on your drive, go to tools->folder options->view take the tick out of use simple file sharing (reccomended) and then check NTFS and sharing permissions on the folder you are trying to share.

Your C drive is shared initially as \\computername\C$ not computername\c

Failing that check secpol.msc to ensure you can access the PC from the network

TTFN,

TC

 

[jfdabiri]

thanks everybody for the excellent help here.
i got it to work. the c drive on the laptop had sharing set to not checked. in my network places, on mshome, when i click it shows nothing. but i got the ip address of all pc's and used the pc's to connect:
on map network drive i put: \\192.168.1.100\c for desktop
it worked
on map network drive i put: \\192.168.1.102\c for laptop
it worked
thanks so much.
one question though. if i omit $ on \c what would happen?

 

[electronicsfreak]

nothing, they just add that as protection. A lot of viruses and trojans will target c when its on shared so usually best to rename them.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon