Workgroup in XP Home

[fweinmeister]

PC-A and PC-B both running XP Home, Sp2.

PC-A CAT 5 connected to Westell wireless DSL modem, and PC-B connecting with USB wireless NIC.


PC-B can see PC-A, and open all files.
PC-A can see PC-B (View Workgroup Computers) but when PC-B is clicked on, error: User does not have permission to open this server (or something like that).

I’ve recreated the workgroup, directly connected PC-B with CAT 5 to the modem, repaired network connections, checked sharing permissions...
Any ideas?

[pcdoc4christ]

meister:

Make sure the shared folder on PC-B has your user name as a member of one of the groups that has full control access to the folder.  Make sure you log on with the same password and user name on both computers. Make sure both computers are members of the same workgroup with the same network IP address and subnet mask.

Did you try to ping PC-B?

Let us know how it goes,
Doc