Vista pc cannot access vista laptop on wireless LAN and vice versa

I have a Vista pc and a laptop on a wireless LAN with a D-link router.
Both connect OK to the network (and to a wireless printer) and both are
visible in the Network window of each other. I can view and open
files/folders on the Public and Users folders of each BUT I cannot
access either from the (myname) folder in each. I'm using the Windows
firewall set to Private Network. Network and Sharing Centre is set with
Network Discovery ON; File Sharing ON; Public Folder Sharing ON; Printer
Sharing ON; Password Protected Sharing OFF; and Media Sharing ON.
I have set up File Sharing wherever I can (although I may have missed
somewhere).

When I try to open a laptop (myname) folder on the Network window on
the pc I get a "Network Error" window which reads "Windows cannot access
'\\laptop\(myname' (file://\\laptop\(myname)) Check the spelling of the
name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to
identify and resolve the network problems, click diagnose"

When I click diagnose, it opens a Windows Network Diagnostics window
which reads "(myname) is available but the user account that you are
logged on with was denied access. Windows cannot further diagnose the
problem because network diagnostics does not know the user name and
password that is required to connect to the shared folder".

Could someone please advise what I should do to allow access between pc
and laptop in both directions.

Thanks in advance!

Mel.


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cruisemate

cruisemate wrote:

>
> I have a Vista pc and a laptop on a wireless LAN with a D-link router.
> Both connect OK to the network (and to a wireless printer) and both are
> visible in the Network window of each other. I can view and open
> files/folders on the Public and Users folders of each BUT I cannot
> access either from the (myname) folder in each. I'm using the Windows
> firewall set to Private Network. Network and Sharing Centre is set with
> Network Discovery ON; File Sharing ON; Public Folder Sharing ON; Printer
> Sharing ON; Password Protected Sharing OFF; and Media Sharing ON.
> I have set up File Sharing wherever I can (although I may have missed
> somewhere).
(snippage)

Turn Password Protected Sharing ON and create matching user accounts and
passwords. See below.

Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple
File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Malke;949933 Wrote:
> cruisemate wrote:
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have a Vista pc and a laptop on a wireless LAN with a D-link
> > router.
> > > Both connect OK to the network (and to a wireless printer) and both
> > are
> > > visible in the Network window of each other. I can view and open
> > > files/folders on the Public and Users folders of each BUT I cannot
> > > access either from the (myname) folder in each. I'm using the
> > Windows
> > > firewall set to Private Network. Network and Sharing Centre is set
> > with
> > > Network Discovery ON; File Sharing ON; Public Folder Sharing ON;
> > Printer
> > > Sharing ON; Password Protected Sharing OFF; and Media Sharing ON.
> > > I have set up File Sharing wherever I can (although I may have missed
> > > somewhere). > >
> (snippage)
>
> Turn Password Protected Sharing ON and create matching user accounts
> and
> passwords. See below.
>
> Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do
> not need
> to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> assigned to each user account can be different; the
> accounts/passwords just
> need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
> PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot
> directly
> to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience,
> you
> can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and
> Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> 'Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login'
> (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm)
>
> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
> Simple
> File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - 'index' (http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ)
This worked perfectly, many thanks Malke.

Mel.


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cruisemate