Dear Herbert, Thanks for the reply, but I am not quite sure what needs to be done? Do you mean allocating documents etc. to share, if so I have already done that without success, if not I would appreciate it if you could talk me through what I need to do? Regards Richard Hanner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Graf" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Network Problems > > Both machines are running Windows XP, and both PC's can see the > > two-networked PC's in the My Network Places window under the name > > of the network I have created. If I then click on the PC symbol > > for the other PC to view its shared resources, it responds with, > > "(PC Name) is not accessible. You might not have permission to > > use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this > > server to find out if you have access permission. The network > > path was not found". > > I get the same result from either PC when I try to view the > > resources available on the other networked machine. > > I installed the network using the network wizard, but entered all > > the TCP/IP addresses manually, which seems to be ok as I have > > internet access, and the ping tests work in all directions. > > Can anyone help me please? > > Make sure the shares are open to the users of the other machines, that > means you have to add those users to your machine and grant them access to > the share. WinXP uses a user based sharing authentication system, versus the > share based system on Win9x versions of windows. TTYL > > The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech > support at our newest website: > http://freepctech.com Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com