LAN Problems: "Access Denied" on one of the PC's. Elp me!

Hellsmk2 · 16 Aug 2006 at 12:25

I'm having trouble with one PC on my home network. It consists of 3 PC's all hardwired into a Speedtouch router. My PC and the laptop in the front room have no problems talking to each other and can transfer files with no problems.

The third PC, my housemates, is causing a constant headache. It can see the other PC's on the network and they can see it. However, whenever we try to access the shared folders on on the troubled PC or use that PC to access the other PC's, it comes up with an "access denied" type error. The strange thing is, we've just formatted it and re-installed XP on it and it had the same error both before the format and after.

I've tried two different NIC's and it still has the same problems. The connection settings across all three PC's are identical. All three PC's can access the internet with no problems at all.

I've tried enabling the guest account, reinstalling various protocals, services, uninstalling/disabling firewalls, a different router and just about everything I can think of but the error message still persists.

Would adding the computers details to LMHOSTS be likely to succeed? I'm in work at the moment which is why I'm asking that rather than trying it

Any ideas people could suggest this afternoon would be great as I can try them when I get in tonight.

$c8t@ · 16 Aug 2006 at 12:56

if its on a workgroup you need to have the same Local username setup on both machines otherwise you wont have access

for example, laptop 1 - you sign in as local user - STEVE - , but you get access denied error when you try and access shared folders on Laptop 2. you need to add a local account called STEVE on laptop 2, and make sure you have granted this user account rights to the relevant shared resources...

Mercutio · 16 Aug 2006 at 13:36

Do you have the advanced sharing enabled or the XP simplified job?

The simple one shouldnt really give you this issue, cant think of any reason for it. You do state that you are using usernames so methinks you have advanced sharing enabled.

The problem you have is that although the resource is shared (and has SHARED privledges) the user doesnt actually have folder level access to the share. There will be 2 tabs on your sharing - sharing (which you likely have set up correctly) and security. You need to either add "everyone" to the access to the folder (simple way if its sufficient security wise) or make an account on the machine, give it access rights to the folder and add it in the security panel in sharing+security

Hope you followed all that

Hellsmk2 · 16 Aug 2006 at 18:54

Thanks for the reply.

I've already tried having an account on each PC that is named the same (called test) with each one set to have the same rights. It still has the same problem as before.

I've also had a look at the sharing properties. I only have 1 tab for sharing and security and nothing for them both seperate.

I've tried safe mode with networking and now completely uninstalled all spyware, anti virus and firewall programs.

I've tried amending the comp policy settings too to give each induvidual PC access to each other and made sure that there were no entries in for "everyone" in the deny access box and made sure that @everyone@ was entered in the allow access box (via secpol.msc).

I'm now completely at a loss as to what could be causing this problem. Any other suggestions that folk can think of would be grand before I urinate on the PC

[edit]For some reason it's suddenly decided to work. ARRRGGGHHHHHHHH![/edit]

j00ni · 16 Aug 2006 at 23:33

Hellsmk2 said:
[edit]For some reason it's suddenly decided to work. ARRRGGGHHHHHHHH![/edit]

Ahh the classic Windows fix-alls, "wait a bit" and "have you tied turning it off and on again"

rightclick · 17 Aug 2006 at 01:36

Try the following,

1. Start > Run > regedit.exe

2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Lsa

3. Change the value of a key called "restrictanonymous" to 0 instead of 1 or 2.

4. Don't change "restrictanonymoussam" value.

5. The value should be REG_DWORD and Hexadecimal Base. (That's the default for that key)

6. Restart your computer and access the resources on that PC, it should work properly.

Hellsmk2 · 17 Aug 2006 at 08:15

Thankf for all the help guys. It's up and running now, but I'm not sure why. After 2 days of nothing but trouble, it just decided to work.

I think it was my PC pulling a practical joke.

cavemanoc · 17 Aug 2006 at 17:32

Dude I feel your pain - I have this issue on a regular basis, and it really grits my **** when it says 'you don't have access to the network resourse, contact your administrator' - nice little two fingers up from Microsoft. :mad:

I particularly love it when the machines get selective vision - I've had machines that can't see themselves on the network, or a selection of the others.

Glad yours sorted itself out, will have a play when I get home and start a new thread if the solution above doesn't work!