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[moufaq]

Good day,
I have a problem with my new laptop. Iconnected it with my other two PC's at home with the network card. Now I can get to the internet but I don't have access to the other PC's and the other PC's can't get eccess to the laptop.
There is no password in the network and there is firewall. But I still get the note that access denide (no permission). There is also an other thing. When I open Network places I don't see any file, also the shared files on the laptop don't appear there!!
To give a complete view, the IP are set to automatic, and they are all checked.

Please help me.

[moufaq]

Hi,

That was a long night.
I've shut the firewall and the antivirus.
I've took hem to the friend (who has a PC with XP and without internet, so, no viruses).
It is the same. The PC sees the Vaio, but can't access it. And the Vaio don't access the workgroup and don't give any connected PC's.
What I also checked is My Network Places, on the other PC. That was empty even when I added more shared files, before connecting the Vaio. But when the Vaio connected and when the PC found the workgroup and the connected Vaio, all the shared files on the PC appear in My Network Places.
So, the Vaio don't see any workgroup and no connected PC's, and therefore My Network Places stll empty.

Then I changed the connection at home, I connected the Vaio to the second PC. The problem is the same. The PC sees the Vaio but can't access it (no permission, or no access) to the Vaio, and the Vaio don't see the PC because ( no permission, or no access) to the workgroup.

I've checked the IP's, firewall and antivirus again. There is no blocks, no conflicts.

I give up.

[kee-lo_]

Are the workgroup names spelt exactly the same?

[William]

With the Firewall off on all computers,

Do the chosen drives show as "Shared" on all of your PC's in "My Computer"?

If not right click them, choose the "Sharing" option (plus additional sharing options) on each and afterwards reboot each computer before accessing "My Network Places".

I find my home network very flaky with XP, sometimes suffering problems similar to yours. However next time I log on the problem has disappeared.

[moufaq]

Hi,

Yes Kee-Lo, all workgroup names are the same. Therefore I said that the PC’s list the Vaio in their workgroup. But they can’t Access it.
The Vaio can’t access the workgroup.

Yes William, the Firewall was off on all computers, and the drives show as Shared (with a hand under them. But the Vaio doesn’t show anything in My Network Places but the shared files (and drives) are shown in My Computer.

I have the same experience with the XP home network, but this time it is a disaster. It is difficult to imagine what can be gone wrong. I am not an expert but I have good understanding for the main points of the network. I even checked the BIOS.

I really need a professional help.

[William]

Hi,

Yes Kee-Lo, all workgroup names are the same. Therefore I said that the PC’s list the Vaio in their workgroup. But they can’t Access it. 
The Vaio can’t access the workgroup. 

Yes William, the Firewall was off on all computers, and the drives show as Shared (with a hand under them. But the Vaio doesn’t show anything in My Network Places but the shared files (and drives) are shown in My Computer. 

I have the same experience with the XP home network, but this time it is a disaster. It is difficult to imagine what can be gone wrong. I am not an expert but I have good understanding for the main points of the network. I even checked the BIOS.

I really need a professional help.

I am using XP Professional and still have "sharing" problems
from time to time.

[kee-lo_]

Yeah same here, sometimes it can take 20mins to get things back to normal, god knows what Wndows is doing!

[moufaq]

After long discussion Sony support eccepted to have a look on it. I've told them that I didn't buy an empty computer, but a computer and the programs on the harddisk. Therefore, not only the harddisk is their responssiblity. The guy on the line said that he will put it as a hardware problem and he will describe the problem. I hope that they don't open it if the hardware don't have a problem.
I've send it to them and now I have to be patient.

[rich912]

I've send it to them and now I have to be patient.

Best of luck with that moufaq, let us know how you get on.....

[moufaq]

Hallo,

Yesterday I got my VAIO back. Sony said that they didn’t find anything wrong, so they didn’t do anything.
I connected hem to my network, and the situation is the same. A friend told me to remove Norton antivirus, because it might be the cause. When I did everything went good, the shared documents appear normal and the other PC’s can see the VAIO and use the shared documents.
I restarted the Vaio with my finger on F10 to reinstall it to the fabric installations, which I did many times before. But after this time the network connection worked perfect. Now the VAIO works well with the antivirus (Norton).
The only thing which I did different from the previous times is that I let the antivirus complete his download and setup, which I interrupted before, because I didn’t want it.

Now I want to thank you all for your reactions and help.
Thank you and goodbye for now.

[kee-lo_]

Damn, sorry about that, such a simple thing too :smileyblush:

Did they charge you for the pleasure?

Anyway glad you sorted it out. Oh and dump Norton, it's trouble, AVG works better and with less RAM/CPU usage