Problem networking two computers

[thePITman]

I am networking two computers together at my parents' house, but it is not working. I have a laptop (WinXP Pro) and their desktop (WinXP Home). I shared the hard drives on both computers and used the "NET USE H: \\COMPUTERNAME\DRIVENAME" on both of them. When I use that command on the desktop, it is able to map the drive from my laptop. However, when I'm on my laptop and trying to map the drive from the desktop, it gives me the error:

"System error 1385 has occurred. Login failure: the user has not been granted the requsted logon type at this computer."

I have messed with as much stuff as possible on the desktop to make sure I was enabling the file sharing, but it would still not let the laptop map it. What am I doing wrong? I know that in the Windows Firewall settings, it says "Some settings are being controlled by Group Policy." Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

[johnwill]

Checklist for networking Windows Machines with TCP/IP
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- PCs which are not XP must have TCP/IP installed.
- Each PC must have a unique computer name.
- Each PC must have a network share defined.
- ALL NICS must be on the same subnet (e.g. IP 192.168.0.* subnet mask 255.255.255.0).
- XP PCs must have Netbios over TCP/IP enabled (only essential for XP to talk to W9X PCs).
- MS Client and file & printer sharing must be enabled on each machine.
- All NICs must have their node type = anything except p-node (peer to peer, or point-point).
* To check, open a command prompt and type IPCONFIG /ALL.
- XP's ICF firewall is permanently disabled. (Only necessary for pre XP SP2).
- All 3rd party firewalls are disabled, uninstalled and deleted (until connection is working).
- PCs have the same workgroup (helps, but not essential for XP/2K, necessary for 9X/ME).

Allow 15 mins after rebooting a PC for that PC to appear in the workgroup, or
for it to see all other PCs. Or you can search for the PC by its computer name.


Additional things to check if you still have problems:
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- Check your Services are Started on all PCs: Workstation, Server, TCP/IP Netbios helper, Computer Browser.
- XP gives access to its shares via the Net Guest Account. (Note, not the same as the local guest account in user accounts which should be off). Net Guest Account is enabled by default in XP, but to check it, open a command prompt and type: NET USER GUEST
Should return a line with 'Account active yes'.


Check XP Security policies:
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- Access this computer from the network: add guest
- Deny logon locally: remove guest
- Network access:Sharing and security model... -> Guest only
- Deny access to this computer from the network-> check Guest is not here.

[thePITman]

Thanks for the attempts, johnwill. I have gone through all of that either by myself or with the Sony technician. I spoke with my professor yesterday in my Connectivity (networking) class, and he helped me out a little bit. I won't get to test it for another two weeks, but he made me aware of another command I can use to map other than "NET USE" etc etc. It is:

"MAP E:= \\192.168.x.x\DRIVENAME"

I'm going to try that. He said that when you map by the IP address it does not really go through the security settings, but through strictly the network connection or something like that. Hopefully it works!

[johnwill]

I think your prof is smoking something that he's not sharing! I'm sure the MAP command is affected by the security settings. That would be a huge back door if it weren't.

[thePITman]

I have class with him tomorrow. I'll check with him again what the difference is. He said something about security, but I may have misunderstood him.