re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall'
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 10:58 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Linda Jackson
(1 messages posted)
I had the exact same experience as you - same "might not have permission" message
- same unhelpful help message referring to non-existant tabs under "network connections".
Managed to access a friend's laptop successfully, through our wireless connection
though he couldn't access either of our computers and got the same message. We compared
set-ups on all the menus and submenus relating to networks and couldn't find any
differences.
I have been working on this non stop for a week now.
There must be a straightforward solution to this. - We haven't done anything non-standard
on either of the computers!
ANY help would be appreciated.
On Saturday, July 1, 2006 at 1:40 pm, Jack Shaw wrote:
>I am having the same problem and a search on this site has offered no real (or step
>by step) solution. I tried "help" in Windows and got this:
>
>1. Open Network Connections.
>Did that
>2. Click Incoming Connections, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings
>of this connection.
>There is no “Incoming Connections” tab or on any list in Network Connections so
I
>can not find “Network Tasks” nor “Change settings of this connection” anywhere
on
>the screen. Therefor none of the following applies either. Do I have the only Windows
>XP Pro SP2 that acts like this?
>3. On the General tab, do one or more of the following:
>o Under Incoming connections, in Devices, click the check boxes next to the devices
>through which incoming connections can connect.
>o If you want to enable others to make private connections to your computer by tunneling
>through the Internet or other network, select the Allow others to make private connections
>to my computer by tunneling through the Internet or other network check box.
>o If you want to show icons in the notification area when incoming connections are
>connected, select the Show icons in notification area when connected check box.
>
>This is incredibly frustrating and more difficult than necessary. I can not access
>computer A from computer B and C or my laptop. But I can access the laptop from
computer
>A. All settings in "Network Connections" are the same on each computer. I have turned
>off the Firewall and still have the problem.
>
>All I have left to say is "HEEEELLLLPPPP!!!"
>
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