You might not have permission to use this network resource

[zillah]

I knew that this has might be answered in this forum and many other forums.

But my issue I guess is little bit different

I have got laptops (XP Prof SP3) wireless connected to the router , and Desktop named Viewsonic (XP Prof SP3) wired connected to the router.

Folder C OS on Desktop is shared (I shared only C,,,I did not click on individual sub folders to be shared) , and I logged in into Desktop PC as a username : " forum ", which has admin privilege. I am of security implication of sharing folder C , but I am doing that on my LAN only.

and from laptop (log in as username : " mate ", which has admin privilege) I can access any sub folders on C, except the folder that belong to username: " forum " , (folder name is called : " forum " as well).

Now if I shared (right click) the folder : " forum ",,, I can access it from the laptop , if I removed the shared option I received below error message :

\\Viewsonic\C\Documents and Settings\forum is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resources. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

Access is denied

There is no firewall on both computers

 

[swinnie]

Go into My Computer for the username of "forum" and right click on "forum's documents", properties > sharing, and if "Make this folder private" is checked, uncheck it.

 

[zillah]

Go into My Computer for the username of "forum" and right click on "forum's documents", properties > sharing, and if "Make this folder private" is checked, uncheck it.

I could not find that option,,,might be I am doing something wrong

 

[swinnie]

 

[zillah]

I am having this

 

[swinnie]

Ah, you have professional, things are slightly different in Home Edition.

Click on the Security Tab, and I *think* you can add the user from your other machine like this "\\COMPUTER\USERNAME". If not, just allow anyone access to the folder and this should solve the issue.

Hope this helps.