Vista/XP Permission Issue?

Hi - I have a PC (Dell) with Vista Home, connected via ethernet to a router.
I also have a laptop (Acer) connected by wireless to the same router. Both
machines connect to the internet without any problems. I have placed both
machines in the same workgroup, but am having trouble accessing either.

From the Dell, I can ping the Acer (by IP and by name), but from the Acer I
cannot ping the Dell at all. The Dell's Vista Network map shows the Acer as
a device on the network.

If I try to view the Dell from the Acer, I get the standard "Dell cannot be
accessed. You may not have permission " error. I have done a few searches on
the internet, but the plethora of possible solutions is somewhat confusing,
so am looking for someone to point me in the right direction.

TIA.

I had problems similar, and here's one thing I noticed:

On one of my vista machines, in the Properties for the network connection,
the Client for Microsoft Networks was blank. When I selected Windows Locator,
the sharing seemed to work now.

Hope this might help.

Dave

"TheMadscanner" wrote:

> Hi - I have a PC (Dell) with Vista Home, connected via ethernet to a router.
> I also have a laptop (Acer) connected by wireless to the same router. Both
> machines connect to the internet without any problems. I have placed both
> machines in the same workgroup, but am having trouble accessing either.
>
> From the Dell, I can ping the Acer (by IP and by name), but from the Acer I
> cannot ping the Dell at all. The Dell's Vista Network map shows the Acer as
> a device on the network.
>
> If I try to view the Dell from the Acer, I get the standard "Dell cannot be
> accessed. You may not have permission " error. I have done a few searches on
> the internet, but the plethora of possible solutions is somewhat confusing,
> so am looking for someone to point me in the right direction.
>
> TIA.

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 09:20:01 -0700, TheMadscanner
<TheMadscanner@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi - I have a PC (Dell) with Vista Home, connected via ethernet to a router.
>I also have a laptop (Acer) connected by wireless to the same router. Both
>machines connect to the internet without any problems. I have placed both
>machines in the same workgroup, but am having trouble accessing either.
>
>From the Dell, I can ping the Acer (by IP and by name), but from the Acer I
>cannot ping the Dell at all. The Dell's Vista Network map shows the Acer as
>a device on the network.
>
>If I try to view the Dell from the Acer, I get the standard "Dell cannot be
>accessed. You may not have permission " error. I have done a few searches on
>the internet, but the plethora of possible solutions is somewhat confusing,
>so am looking for someone to point me in the right direction.
>
>TIA.

I'd try to diagnose the problem, by looking at logs from "browstat status",
"ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net config workstation", from each
computer. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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