Hi Gavin :-)
Check your permissions. I had a similar problem, and I had to set the
permissions properly. You will likely need to delete the "Everyone."
Check the following and see if it helps:
Iif you look carefully, you will see that the Everyone entry has "Special
Permissions" "Deny".
Deny permission entries take precedence over Allow permission entries.
While the Everyone Deny entry is present, granting yourself Full Control or
taking ownership won't make any difference.
If you click Advanced and investigate further, you will see that the "Deny"
permission is for "This folder only".
You (as an Administrator) are only Denied permission to exactly the
"Documents and Settings" (pseudo) folder. If you (or any application you
use) attempt(s) to access a sub-folder directly, you will have access.
E.g.
in Start, Run, key
c:\Documents and Settings\Default
press Enter
that folder will open in Explorer and you will be able to navigate around in
it. If you look at the Properties, Security for the Default sub-folder,
you'll see that "Everyone" has Full Control permissions and there are no
"Deny"
permissions.
As has been explained elsewhere, "Documents and Settings" is not a "real
folder" but rather a Directory Junction to the Users folder. It is only
this Directory Junction itself that has the "Deny" permissions, not the
folder that is the target of the Directory Junction.
Several people in MSFT and elsewhere have "explained" why the "Deny"
permission was created in the first place (to avoid potential loops ?), but
I have yet to see a rational and sensible reason that makes sense to me!
In most cases, applications will refer to %userprofile% or the expanded
equivalent (e.g. c:\documents and settings\username) and thus users will not
run into the Deny issue in applications (other than Explorer). One can
avoid the problem in Explorer simply by using the target folder (Users)
instead of Documents and Settings in Explorer.
Per Bill Sanderson - MVP
also, you might try the following and see if it helps:
Steps for setting up a home network with XP and Vista machines on the same
network.
1. Open Firewall and in exceptions tab select
a. "Core networking"
b. "File and printer sharing"
c. "Network Discovery"
d. "Windows Peer to peer Collaboration" (not needed but does no harm, is
needed for access pre XP OS'es)
This step (no 1) shouldn't be needed if all goes well from the settings
below, use these only if you keep having problems!
Open the Network and Sharing Center and do the following points
2. set the network category to "Private network" (Your network name here)
3. set in Network and sharing Center the options
a. Network discovery to "On"
b. File Sharing to "On"
c. Public folder sharing to "On" the middle selection so Everyone with
Access can Open, change and create files.
d. Password protection to "On" if used with password or "Of" if not wanted
e. Media sharing to "On" if needed
Click on "Apply" button at bottom of each section before closing!!
4. For sharing folders or drive go to "Computer
a. If sharing the drive right click the drive and select "Share."
b. Select the Advanced Sharing button (allow this if needed)
c. Select share this folder (at the top!)
d. Give a new name for the share (a name to be clear to yourself what this
is) for example pictures (if a folder) or dataXX if a drive
e. Beneath select the button permissions, select the full control for
Everyone
f. Click apply (and OK) again on the next screen (both) and Close the last
screen to close
g. Reboot the PC if needed (just to be sure, normally not needed!)
If you want to share a folder it's all the same, but you have to go to the
folder first and then execute step 4 on the folder.
If all has gone as expected you now have access from all your other machines
on the same network to those shares.
Hope this helps.
Jan
MS MVP - Windows IE
>
> I am having trouble connecting a Vista Ultimate laptop to a share on an Xp
> pc using a wireless network using a WPA secure wireless network.
>
> I can see the pc and explore its shares, but I am unable to connect to it.
> When trying to connect to \\home_pc\d$ I see one of the following error
> messages.
>
> \\home pc is not accessible. You might not have
>
> permission to use this network resource. Contact the
>
> administrator of this server to find out if you have
>
> network permissions.
>
> Access is denied.
>
>
>
> Or
>
> \\home pc is not accessible. You might not have
>
> permission to use this network resource. Contact the
>
> administrator of this server to find out if you have
>
> network permissions. Access is denied.
>
> The specified network name is no longer available
>
>
> I have marked the network as secure and tried disabling firewalls etc.
>
> I am able to connect to my office server (via vpn) and when in the office
> I
> can connect to my home XP pc using the vpn link.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gavin Lilley
>
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