Getting 'access denied' error with wireless router
I have a PC running XP Pro connected by cable to a router and a laptop running XP Pro connected by WiFi to the router. Both the PC and the laptop can see each other and they both have permissions set for File & Printer Sharing. The PC can access the laptop without any problem. The laptop can see the PC and the printers on the PC, but I keep getting the message "Access Denied," which seems to be a common problem with wireless connections. I tried inputting the TCP/IP details generated from the router, but that doesn't help either. Your help would be much appreciated.
I have a PC running XP Pro connected by cable to a router and a laptop running XP Pro connected by WiFi to the router. Both the PC and the laptop can see each other and they both have permissions set for File & Printer Sharing. The PC can access the laptop without any problem. The laptop can see the PC and the printers on the PC, but I keep getting the message "Access Denied," which seems to be a common problem with wireless connections. I tried inputting the TCP/IP details generated from the router, but that doesn't help either. Your help would be much appreciated.
Here are a few possible culprits in such a situation (which is familiar, since I have an in-home network with an almost identical setup):
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If your desktop system has a firewall, make sure the desktop does not have File and Printer Sharing firewalled off or disabled in the firewall. (If you can ping in one direction but not the other, that's a possible sign that the one not responding to ping may be firewalled.)
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Rebuild the network stack on the desktop computer. You can do this with the command netsh int ip reset c:resetlog.txt (which will create a log of the network-stack rebuilding in the file c:resetlog.txt).
- Make sure the notebook computer has valid credentials to browse on the desktop machine (i.e., a valid username and password). This is one of the most commonly-overlooked elements in Windows networking: that the machine doing the accessing has been logged on with a username and password that's also on the machine being accessed.
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