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re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 7:20 pm Posted by Steve (21678 messages posted) I set my shared drives to full access. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Monday, June 13, 2005 at 8:50 am Posted by george (6 messages posted) Most likely the firewall on "A" is not allowing incoming connections. SP2 turns Windows Firewall on by default , SP1 the Firewall is turned off. On Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 6:37 pm, George Ford wrote: >I have a question about How >to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall: I have 3 >computers (A,B,& C) networked thru a Linksys router. Clicking "show network computers'"shows >all 3 computers. All 3 computers show all 3 computers just fine. I can use A to access >files on both B and C. Clicking on C from B or B from C opens a list of files, which >is good. But try to open A from either B or C returns a message that reads:" \\A >is not accessable. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact >the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. >Access denioed. " >So it seems that A is blocked, but how do I unblock it? I have no idea where else >to look. It's diving me buggy!!! >PS, >This all started when I installed SP2. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Monday, June 13, 2005 at 5:43 pm Posted by George Ford (25 messages posted) I have the firewall on "A" set to off, first thing I did weeks ago. On Monday, June 13, 2005 at 8:50 am, george wrote: > >Most likely the firewall on "A" is not allowing incoming connections. SP2 turns >Windows Firewall on by default , SP1 the Firewall is turned off. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Monday, June 13, 2005 at 5:59 pm Posted by george (6 messages posted) Did you make sure that you have a matching user account on "A" that you have on "B" and "C".? and that the passwords are the same? On Monday, June 13, 2005 at 5:43 pm, George Ford wrote: > >I have the firewall on "A" set to off, first thing I did weeks ago. > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Monday, June 13, 2005 at 7:24 pm Posted by George Ford (25 messages posted) Well, I do not have passwords set up at all on any of the machines. I do have all PC's in the same workgroup tho. Bear in mind that all was well until I updated to SP2. On Monday, June 13, 2005 at 5:59 pm, george wrote: >Did you make sure that you have a matching user account on "A" that you have on "B" >and "C".? and that the passwords are the same? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Saturday, July 1, 2006 at 1:40 pm Posted by Jack Shaw (112 messages posted) 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!!!" [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 8:21 pm Posted by Brendan (1 messages posted) I have the same problem at both work and home. At home I have a desktop and a laptop. My desktop can copy files to and from the laptop, but the laptop can not connect to the desktop. As I have a firewall router all firewalls on the pcs arte turned off. ...still no joy...I have searched and search but I can find no solution to this problem [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Tuesday, August 15, 2006 at 10:58 am 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!!!" > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 2:22 am Posted by Tony (1 messages posted) While I still have no idea how to fix this problem (I have been experiencing it for months now), I have decyphered the Windows Help tips below, and where the menus are found. Basically, those who are computer-savvy can right click on the connection in question found in Network Connections and click Porperties. This should get you to step three, however I dont believe that any of these tips worked for me anyway. 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!!!" > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Saturday, September 29, 2007 at 3:12 am Posted by Vikas Agrawal (1 messages posted) I have similar problem. I can access vista from XP machine but get error when try to access XP from vista. Both machines are connected to same wireless router. Though I can see XP machine from vista but can not access it. On Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at 2:22 am, Tony wrote: >While I still have no idea how to fix this problem (I have been experiencing it for >months now), I have decyphered the Windows Help tips below, and where the menus are >found. Basically, those who are computer-savvy can right click on the connection >in question found in Network Connections and click Porperties. This should get you >to step three, however I dont believe that any of these tips worked for me anyway. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall' Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 7:37 pm Posted by jordan davidson (1 messages posted) ok so the main problem here is the permissions like the error message said it had to do with what someone needs to find is a specific permission that allows you to modify and or read files from an oncoming source of course you should make sure this is only local because this would be a huge port for spyware normally all the permissions are in the management window you get there by right clicking on my computer and clicking manage let me know if anyone finds anything On Sunday, June 12, 2005 at 6:37 pm, George Ford wrote: >I have a question about How >to Share Files through Windows XP's Internet Connection Firewall: I have 3 >computers (A,B,& C) networked thru a Linksys router. Clicking "show network computers'"shows >all 3 computers. All 3 computers show all 3 computers just fine. I can use A to access >files on both B and C. Clicking on C from B or B from C opens a list of files, which >is good. But try to open A from either B or C returns a message that reads:" \\A >is not accessable. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact >the Administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. >Access denioed. " >So it seems that A is blocked, but how do I unblock it? I have no idea where else >to look. It's diving me buggy!!! >PS, >This all started when I installed SP2. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum