HELP - Connecting the 'shareddocs' folder from XP laptop to Vista PC

[bennos]

Recently I upgraded the home pc (Hpc) to Vista (Home Premium 2006). I also have a laptop (lap) at home that runs XP (ver. 2002 SP2)

I have these 2 networked through a wireless router, the router is connected to the Hpc. There are no problems with connecting to the internet on both Hpc and lap. I can see and access all (except one) of the shared folders that I am sharing between the Hpc and lap.

However, the ‘shareddocs’ folder of lap cannot be access by the Hpc (Vista). This is where I’m stuck and have been for a couple of days trying to figure it out. Hoping you guys can help out with this!!

The message is:
\\xxx\shareddocs is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this service to find out if you have access permission.
Access denied.

Both the Hpc and lap are single user logins (no password required and no other users have been setup). This should mean that every time I turn on the Hpc and lap I should be the administrator… right?

Hope you guys can help out, this is driving me nuts. Thanks in advance.

Ben

 

[DrCuddles]

Do you have any firewall security on the laptop?

I had this issue from my dad's pc to min with Norton Internaet Security, you have to allow the whole network through the firewall if this is the case.

 

[bennos]

Thanks for the reply bro! But it isn't a firewall issue, I've checked that out already. I've now worked out that it has something to do with 'permissions'.