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yidaho

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How do you get access to shared folders and printers on a wireless network?

I've shared the folders on the desktop pc and set all the folders to be co-owned by everyone, the printer is shared yet Vista won't let my laptops can't open the folders or connect to my printer attached to the desktop.
The laptops shows up on the network but I get \\xxxx\xxxx is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. ........ The specific network name is no longer available.

They are all set to be Private networks and the workgroup name is the same on all computers.

What more do you have to do!

regards,
Paul
 

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Try right clicking on the hard drive that contains the folders, then enable the sharing and if necessary allow full read/write access as you need.
 

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Just Windows firewall.

BTW I can see the desktop computer from the laptop and when double click see all the 'shared' folders but they will not open.

The desktop sees the laptops and CAN open the shared folders on the laptop.

Confused!
 

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yidaho said:
Just Windows firewall.

BTW I can see the desktop computer from the laptop and when double click see all the 'shared' folders but they will not open.

The desktop sees the laptops and CAN open the shared folders on the laptop.

Confused!
Click to expand...

Well that eliminates any software blocking connections...

Both machines running Vista?
 

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\\ipaddress\c$ should get you into a share on c: of that computer.
 

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    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
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    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
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    16GB DDR667
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    SAS RAID
You need to go into the shares and add permission to your user accounts.
 

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
Right click on each shared drive. Choose sharing

Click advanced share

Name the share. I usually do tape_d which would be tape workstation drive d

Click on permissions

Remove everyone

click add

add your user and give them full control.

ok till close.
 

My Computer

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  • CPU
    pair of Intel E5430 quad core 2.66 GHz Xeons
    Motherboard
    Supermicro X7DWA-N server board
    Memory
    16GB DDR667
    Graphics card(s)
    eVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB video card
    Hard Drives
    SAS RAID
SCSIraidGURU said:
Right click on each shared drive. Choose sharing

Click advanced share

Name the share. I usually do tape_d which would be tape workstation drive d

Click on permissions

Remove everyone

click add

add your user and give them full control.

ok till close.
Click to expand...

add your user and give them full control - struggled with this bit, how do you do this exactly.
 

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yidaho said:
SCSIraidGURU said:
Right click on each shared drive. Choose sharing

Click advanced share

Name the share. I usually do tape_d which would be tape workstation drive d

Click on permissions

Remove everyone

click add

add your user and give them full control.

ok till close.
Click to expand...

add your user and give them full control - struggled with this bit, how do you do this exactly.
Click to expand...

Just add the user account your using on that machine, then login using that account and password on the remote machine...You must have a password set or you wont be able to login though.

Hope it helps.
 

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