You may not have permission

Symptoms: 1. When trying to access a Vista computer, you may receive this message: “You may not have permission or access is denied”

2. When using net view command to view a Vista computer, you may receive this message: “Error 5: You do not currently have access to this file. The file may be marked
read-only, or it may be part of a shared resource such as a folder, a named
pipe, a queue, or a semaphore. You can use the ATTRIB command to change the
read-only attribute, or try again later when the file may be available."

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It showed all of the items that are supposed to be specifically shared,
including the c:\ drive.

However, I discovered the solution, which I had done at the same time I
"liberalized" the guest permissions but evidently undid: changed
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"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Post the result of net view \\vistaipaddress here may help.
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>   "smoddelm" <smoddelm@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:09BE4865-7B46-4908-A8C5-D678281A7FA8@microsoft.com...
>   I have 3 computers in a workgroup - 2 XP SP2 and one Vista. The XP computers
>   could always see the Vista computer and could access particular shared
>   folders on it, but trying to access the C: drive at the root (which was
>   shared), they would get the familiar "you may not have permission / access is
>   denied" message.
>
>   After a lot of playing around, reading stuff on forums (not this one), etc.,
>   I was able finally to get the XP computers to be able to access the Vista
>   computer at c:\. (It involved changing the security settings for "Guest,"
>   which seemed strange to me becuase I did not have the Guest user account
>   enabled.)
>
>   A few days after I got this working, I went out of the country for a few
>   week. Took one XP laptop with me and left the other computers (the Vista
>   machine and the XP desktop) running. Both machines were still running when I
>   came back home and obviously neither had rebooted due to any kind of failure
>   (programs were still running that don't run at startup). However, once again
>   neither XP machine can access the Vista machine though both can see it. Even
>   worse, they cannot access particular shared folders, which they could always
>   do before. (The problem before was always just seeing the c:\ root level).
>
>   Here is the sharing setup of the VIsta computer:
>
>   1. In "network and sharing center"everything is turned on (green, checked)
>   except password protected sharing.
>
>   2. It is a member of the same workgroup as the XP computers.
>
>   3. Security settings on c:\ for all user types including Guest are "full
>   control."
>
>   4. The only firewall that has even been run on the Vista computer or either
>   of the XP computers is the Windows firewall, and it is set to allow File and
>   Printer sharing on all computers.
>
>   5. Antivirus on all in Trend Micro, but the trend Micro firewall is not
>   installed.
>
>   6. The Vista machine is set to bypass the login screen at startup (via
>   "control userpasswords2). For a while it seemed to me that any kind of logon
>   at startup without entering a password (the password was not enabled, etc.)
>   was problematic and that maybe Vista was designed not to allow sharing under
>   such circumstances, but it was working fine with this setup before I left
>   town.
>
>
>   So in short, beofre i left town, I was able to access the entire c: drive of
>   the Vista computer from the XP machines. Upon returning to town, I am
>   getting "access is denied" and cannot even view individually shared folders
>   on the Vista machine from the XP machines - even though the Vista computer
>   and the XP desktop were left running!! Any suggestions would be appreciated

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