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- Oct 20, 2004
have two machines, named desktop and laptop.
They both have Windows XP Home.
They are networked over a cross-over cable.
ADSL is installed on the desktop and shared to the laptop.
Ok, now everyone was working, and then boom, one day i turn on the desktop and it just gets stuck at the windows is starting screen. (the one past the one with the black background)
So i tried everything, and then finally did a re-install of windows xp. (didn't do a complete format, just re-installed windows xp so i wouldn't loose everything)
And so now the computer is loading up.
But.
For some reason the laptop cant access anything on the desktop, it comes up with this error message:
"\desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have permissions.
Access is denied."
The desktop ip is 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
the laptop is ip 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0
The adsl is working on the desktop, and i can share it on the laptop. (i can surf on the adsl on the laptop through the desktop)
I can ping the laptop from the desktop, and vice versa.
The desktop can access the shared files the laptop.
i have no freaken idea! im pulling my hair out about this, can anyone help?
They both have Windows XP Home.
They are networked over a cross-over cable.
ADSL is installed on the desktop and shared to the laptop.
Ok, now everyone was working, and then boom, one day i turn on the desktop and it just gets stuck at the windows is starting screen. (the one past the one with the black background)
So i tried everything, and then finally did a re-install of windows xp. (didn't do a complete format, just re-installed windows xp so i wouldn't loose everything)
And so now the computer is loading up.
But.
For some reason the laptop cant access anything on the desktop, it comes up with this error message:
"\desktop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have permissions.
Access is denied."
The desktop ip is 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0
the laptop is ip 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0
The adsl is working on the desktop, and i can share it on the laptop. (i can surf on the adsl on the laptop through the desktop)
I can ping the laptop from the desktop, and vice versa.
The desktop can access the shared files the laptop.
i have no freaken idea! im pulling my hair out about this, can anyone help?