I've got a simple peer-to-peer network with two desktops and a laptop, all
running Windows XP Professional with SP2. Everyone in my family has their
own user name and password, which is the same username and password on each
machine. That way they can log into any machine and access things like the
printer, which is only on one of the desktops.

One of the desktops has a big hard drive, so I created a folder on it and
shared it all. Everyone used to be able to access the shared folder quite
easily from any of the three computers, but now no one can. Put
specifically, everyone seems to have read access, but no one has the ability
to write to it from any other computer other than the desktop that shares it
out. Not even my wife and I, who I have put into the Administrators groups
on all three machines, can access the shared folder on the desktop that is
sharing it out, unless we're logged into that desktop.

Why is this the case? What has changed so that no one can write anything to
that folder from any other machine other than the one the share is on?

Rod

XP has a bug that MS wouldn't fix, easier to get
the US government to act on problems than MS.
Try share the whole drive and see what happens.



"Rod" <Rod@NO.SPAM> wrote in message
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> I've got a simple peer-to-peer network with two desktops and a laptop, all
> running Windows XP Professional with SP2. Everyone in my family has their
> own user name and password, which is the same username and password on
> each machine. That way they can log into any machine and access things
> like the printer, which is only on one of the desktops.
>
> One of the desktops has a big hard drive, so I created a folder on it and
> shared it all. Everyone used to be able to access the shared folder quite
> easily from any of the three computers, but now no one can. Put
> specifically, everyone seems to have read access, but no one has the
> ability to write to it from any other computer other than the desktop that
> shares it out. Not even my wife and I, who I have put into the
> Administrators groups on all three machines, can access the shared folder
> on the desktop that is sharing it out, unless we're logged into that
> desktop.
>
> Why is this the case? What has changed so that no one can write anything
> to that folder from any other machine other than the one the share is on?
>
> Rod
>
>