Cannot access computer

Question

I've had a home network for a while in this house. 3 desktops and now an additional laptop. Ever since day 1 with the laptop I could access the network fine. Now, one of the desktops (mine) cannot be accessed.... you can't access the shared files. When attempting to go to \[computer name] i get: \[computer name] is not accessible. You might not have permission to access this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions Logon failure: the user has not been granted the requested logon type at this computer'. As I said it has all worked fine.. and the other 2 desktops+laptop can all continue to access each other's things.. just not this one desktop. I don't remember anything changing at all... what could it be? Thanks in advance!

iconsam · Answer

You might want to check which Workgroup you're in and make sure you're all in the same one.

KandieMan101 · Answer

Both are set for MSHOME

springwheat · Answer

I can't remember if Xp Home lets you do this, but try going into Administrative tools -> Local Security Policy and make sure you have 'Access this computer from the network' rights. If you don't have that option, check the share properties.

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