Sharing issue is driving me insane. You know I always thought that Windows filesharing was fairly simple. Unfortunatley I seem to be doing something wrong, what that is I'm not sure. So hopefully somebody can point me out to what I'm doing wrong. Here's the setup
Upstairs PC: Windows XP Home
Downstairs PC: Windows XP Pro
Router: Linksys by Cisco WRT54G (not sure of the version, fairly recent though)
Upstairs Printer: HP PSC-1000
Downstairs Printer: HP LaserJet 4010TN (hooked up via network cable)
Both have been upgraded to Service Pack 3. Both are also running Norton Internet Security 2010 (its been a while since I've bothered with any Norton products but this one has faired a lot better in reviews & my testing).
Here are the symptoms:
Upstairs PC can see & access files on downstairs PC along with both printers on the network. Downstairs PC can see file folders on the upstairs PC along with printing to both printers on the network. However if I try and access the file folders (the shared folder) on the upstairs PC from the downstairs PC I get an access denied error message. I've checked the firewall settings in Norton and everything looks fine there. I've even tried temporarily disabling the firewall but that had no effect as well. So what obvious thing am I missing?
Upstairs PC: Windows XP Home
Downstairs PC: Windows XP Pro
Router: Linksys by Cisco WRT54G (not sure of the version, fairly recent though)
Upstairs Printer: HP PSC-1000
Downstairs Printer: HP LaserJet 4010TN (hooked up via network cable)
Both have been upgraded to Service Pack 3. Both are also running Norton Internet Security 2010 (its been a while since I've bothered with any Norton products but this one has faired a lot better in reviews & my testing).
Here are the symptoms:
Upstairs PC can see & access files on downstairs PC along with both printers on the network. Downstairs PC can see file folders on the upstairs PC along with printing to both printers on the network. However if I try and access the file folders (the shared folder) on the upstairs PC from the downstairs PC I get an access denied error message. I've checked the firewall settings in Norton and everything looks fine there. I've even tried temporarily disabling the firewall but that had no effect as well. So what obvious thing am I missing?