cant file share between 2 PC's. HELP

[tomos]

it used to work fine but for the last 2 weeks i can get my 2 pcs to connect to each other properly

they both connect to the same switch and after disabling all firewalls,

they can ping each other fine,
i can see the other PC in net places and see the shares but it times out accessing them

i havent disabled any services or anything on either one. the XP firewall is off.

i was messing around in the last few days on getting vista working in virtual PC so decided to test it with that to find out which pc was to blame. stupidly, both pcs share files fine with vista, just not with each other.

help

p.s
both main pcs are on xp pro - sp2. all firewalls disabled etc

 

[tomos]

all thats ok

they can see each other in net places just fine, they just arent able to access.

as said in the OP, no firewalls are running but both work fine going through a diff PC

 

[tomos]

yep, still the same.

i would be ready to blame on or the other but that wouldnt make sense if it works with the vista vPC

 

[tomos]

tried that too. lets me see the folders but not access them.

also its not a firewall prob since i can ping the other absolutely fine - also the fact that as i said in the OP - the firewalls are off. more than that, they are uninstalled now and still the same.

if it was a firewall fault, then surely it would block vista too?

will check out the links tho