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From: Dennis Jelavic on 17 Feb 2010 21:46
I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first computer was
WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard was used to
define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then changed the name of the computer
to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name tab of the System Properties window
leaving the Workgroup name unchanged.

I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to add the
second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of the second computer
was DENNIS02.

Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a Netgear
router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an Access point.

I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a residential
gateway or through another computer on my network" option in the wizzard.

As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:

DENNIS01 and
DENNIS02

and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through DENNIS01.

My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and expand this
I get a message saying

"Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
resource ............ The network path was not found"

How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01




From: Dennis Jelavic on 17 Feb 2010 22:41
Since the original posting I have found that DENNIS02 can successfully Ping
DENNIS01 by IP address but not by ComputerName


"Dennis Jelavic" <djelavic(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:O5$xDSEsKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first computer
>was WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard was used
>to define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then changed the name of the
>computer to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name tab of the System Properties
>window leaving the Workgroup name unchanged.
>
> I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to add the
> second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of the second
> computer was DENNIS02.
>
> Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a Netgear
> router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an Access point.
>
> I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a residential
> gateway or through another computer on my network" option in the wizzard.
>
> As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:
>
> DENNIS01 and
> DENNIS02
>
> and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through DENNIS01.
>
> My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and expand
> this I get a message saying
>
> "Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> resource ............ The network path was not found"
>
> How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01
>
>
>
>


From: John Wunderlich on 18 Feb 2010 00:56
"Dennis Jelavic" <djelavic(a)bigpond.net.au> wrote in
news:O5$xDSEsKHA.5036(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first
> computer was WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network"
> wizzard was used to define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then
> changed the name of the computer to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name
> tab of the System Properties window leaving the Workgroup name
> unchanged.
>
> I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to
> add the second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of
> the second computer was DENNIS02.
>
> Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a
> Netgear router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an
> Access point.
>
> I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a
> residential gateway or through another computer on my network"
> option in the wizzard.
>
> As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:
>
> DENNIS01 and
> DENNIS02
>
> and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through
> DENNIS01.
>
> My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and
> expand this I get a message saying
>
> "Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
> this resource ............ The network path was not found"
>
> How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01

It would appear you have a permissions problem.

How to solve this depends on whether you have Simple File Sharing
enabled or disabled. (It is always enabled with XP Home).

Start by assuring that NetBIOS-over-TCPIP is enabled on all machines.
Instructions are here:

"You cannot access shared files and folders or browse computers in the
workgroup with Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318030/>

Assuming Simple File Sharing, all access is through the "Guest"
account. The Guest account must be active. Instructions for checking
that are here:

"How to troubleshoot home networking in Windows XP"
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308007/>
Skip 2/3 the way down to the "Troubleshoot file sharing and printer
sharing" section.

Also possible is the following:
"Error message when you try to access a Windows XP-based network
computer: "You might not have permission to use this network resource""
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913628>

HTH,
John
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