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Cant connect to a shared drive

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by dschwer

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Here is the scenario. I have a shared that all computers except 1 can connect to. When trying to access the share from this one computer (windows XP home edition) it doesnt prompt for a username or password like the other machines did it just brings up a directory on the screen that has no files in it (blank folder).

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Dale

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by curacao_dejavu

I am thinking the account that the windowx xp is using to connect to the share doesn't have the list permission so therefore does connect but can not display anything.
Double check the permissions for that particular account.

Leopold

by johnmaxy

your B(ad) pc doesn't have the same networking settings like the others do. Check that out..
tcp/ip, workgroup, ip address range. If these settings are ok, try making a "network connection".
If still not ok, you didn't share the drive for that B pc.

by johnmaxy

your B(ad) pc doesn't have the same networking settings like the others do. Check that out..
tcp/ip, workgroup, ip address range. If these settings are ok, try making a "network connection".
If still not ok, you didn't share the drive for that B pc.

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