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I have two computers on a network, one running Vista Home Premium and the other running XP Home Edition SP3. Both computers are in the same workgroup and I have set up duplicate users on the computers. The Vista computer can access printers and files from the XP computer, but when I go to the workgroup from the XP computer and try to access files from the Vista computer a message appears that says:
\\PC 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 permissions. Access is denied.
What are possible causes/solutions to this problem?
What exactly do I have to enter in the hosts file? – ephilip – 2009-11-23T15:10:26.107
That didn't work. I guess my best option now is just to switch the printer cable and use flash drives to transfer files. – ephilip – 2009-11-23T15:39:33.837
Can you see Vista from XP in Windows Explorer when you enter the address like
"\\192.168.0.10"
? And if yes, can you see its shared printer and try to double-click on it? – harrymc – 2009-11-23T16:14:12.457It still says "access denied". – ephilip – 2009-11-23T16:34:48.530
Could you describe exactly what you're doing and what's happening? – harrymc – 2009-11-23T17:15:45.310
I go to "My Network Places" and then type in the Vista computer's IP address. Then the same message described in the original post pops up. – ephilip – 2009-11-23T17:56:35.073
(1) Have you done EVERYTHING that's described in the thread I cited above? (2) Do you have a Linksys router in your network ? – harrymc – 2009-11-23T18:15:11.260
(1)Yes, (2)No (15 chars.) – ephilip – 2009-11-23T18:52:42.633
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– harrymc – 2009-11-23T22:17:31.927