Unable to share folders with anonymous users

[PilotinCommand]

Hi there,

I was hoping somebody could give me a hint/solution on this problem:

I've got a windows XP pro installation which was originally a preconfigured image. Somehow some settings for this installation where changed so that sharing folders and printers doesn't work very well. I can only share folders and printers well when I have 2 computers with the same accounts (user/password combi).

I checked my Norton Internet Security package, which I'm sure of, isn't the problem. Also the Windows firewalls are disabled. So it must be something within Windows XP, somewhere "deep".

Could somebody give me a hint where to look?

Thanks in advance,

PiC

[doctorgonzo]

Go into the folder properties, then the sharing tab, then the permissions button. You will have to set specific permissions to allow anybody to see the folder. I'm not sure exactly what you need to do, but I think you need to grant access to the "Everyone" group.

[PilotinCommand]

I'm sorry I overlooked something simple in the sharing settings. Thanks for the input anyway. Maybe a moderator could erase my (useless) post, sorry for the inconvenience. I was to fast with coming over here.

Thanks,PiC

[Panama Red]

What was it you overlooked, PiC? Someone else may benefit by knowing the answer.

[PilotinCommand]

Well to be precise this is the situation. I recently moved to another place bought a WIFI card and connected to the router withot problems.
Before I moved I connected to a router in my previous place via wired LAN. In that situation I couldn't get my PC to share folders with other "anonymous" users. So what I did was, I created the same useraccounts on both PC's which worked. However it cluttered my startup screen, but I could live with that. I never found out what the problem exactly was. Maybe it had something to do with the router.
So When I moved (and connected to the new wireless router via my new wireless WIFI card) I didn't un-share and then re-share my folders and printers. So that was the point when I posted this message. Between posts I coincedentally un-shared & re-shared a folder. Suddenly my PC was accessable via another PC connected to the router.

Moral of the story: start analyzing from the beginning in a new (networking) situation. People say the world is complicated, but sometimes it are just the simple things that make the difference.

Hope others can make use of my "mishap" . I'm just glad everything works now. Just wondering why I had the problem in my old "wired" situation in the first place. I can't imagine it being a hardware problem (in the area NIC-ROUTER-NIC), since the user-accounts made it able to share folders when user-accounts where set-up synchronised on both PC's. But maybe I'm wrong.

PiC