Network Places/Printer Sharing Problem

typk

typk

typk

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Hey guys,
Well the story is that I want to set up my two computers to have network places and printer sharing. I have done this before but I left it and got a new computer and cannot seem to get it working again.
Ok so here is my problem I have run the network setup wizard on both computers assigning the same work group and so on. I have also enabled sharing for certain files and folders and also a printer. So this is where it does wrong, on one computer (lets name it computer 1) I can find the other computer (computer 2) when trying to search/add stuff, but when I try and go to find a folder in that computer or try and find the printer they don’t appear and a message appears
"\\computername is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource..... The network path was not found..."

Now I try the same thing on my other computer (computer 2), and it finds the workgroup but won’t open it. Also searching for (computer 1) nothing comes up.

I am really confused about this as I got it working easily last time. I’m probably missing something obvious.
 
Tizzer said:
ok i have just tryed that an it is still not working.
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and you're logged into both machines using these accounts? they need passwords set. windows file sharing doesn't like blank passwords. if you've made changes to the passwords, make sure you logoff and then back on again.
 
yes i have just tried that. The thing is that its only one computer that isnt coperating. And i got it working last time with no passwords.
 
i looked on google how to do that but the option just isnt there. it isnt at the bottom of the list...
Im on XP home by the way,
 
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