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lumi · 05-10-2006, 06:07 PM

I'm helping my sister and one of her roommates to set up a workgroup with their computers so that they can share files. Here's the setup: a computer with Windows 2000 and one with a Windows XP (media center edition) are both plugged into a router. I have basically the same setup at home but both computers have XP Professional.

I was able to setup sharing on my home setup, but I've run into trouble with my sister's. One the W2K desktop I can see the other computer listed in the workgroup, but it denies me access to look at it. On the XP desktop I can't see the workgroup and it pops up a random message about checking permissions.

What could be going wrong with it?

05-10-2006, 06:07 PM	#1
lumi Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Washington, USA Posts: 2,120	Tech problem: setting up a workgroup I'm helping my sister and one of her roommates to set up a workgroup with their computers so that they can share files. Here's the setup: a computer with Windows 2000 and one with a Windows XP (media center edition) are both plugged into a router. I have basically the same setup at home but both computers have XP Professional. I was able to setup sharing on my home setup, but I've run into trouble with my sister's. One the W2K desktop I can see the other computer listed in the workgroup, but it denies me access to look at it. On the XP desktop I can't see the workgroup and it pops up a random message about checking permissions. What could be going wrong with it?