Permission problems

[Kushagr]

I successfully established a connection between two laptops. but the problem is that one of the laptops can access the other but the latter cant access the former one. it is showing ACCESS DENIED. i dont understand wat is the problem and wat to do?????

[Kushagr]

the connection is of a crossover cable and everything is going fine but ONLY ONE WAY.

[ed k.]

Hi Kushaqr, what type/model of your laptops and OS? Did you test connectivity between your laptops when you switch crossover cable ends? Do you use the same login id and password on both of your PC?
Best Regards :-) Ed K.

[Roger Faucher]

What version of Windows is running on each computer?

Make a great day!

Roger

[Kushagr]

the model is of IBM R60.
im using windows xp on both the laptops.
the version of the windows is 5.1.2600

[Kushagr]

yea iv tested the connectivity
im evn able to transfer the data from the other laptop to my laptop. but my laptop is not accessible from dat one...both laptops should be accessible from both the sides for a normal connection...

[Drew Roberts]

Are you attempting to access the administrative C$ share on each laptop? Or some other share?

Are you logging into each with the same user ID? Different user IDs?

If the same user ID, do they both have the same password?

[Kushagr]

there is no user ids as such....both the laptops r just connected and i m evn able to transfer data(only 4rm one laptop to other...not the other way). so i think there is some problem in my laptop only. iv turned my firewall off and tried all sorts of things dat i could. but to no conclusion...

[Jon Finley]

XP Pro, or XP Home edition?

The usual cause, is that one of the accounts has admin access, and the other account used, does not.

Both accounts (or a single account for ease) needs to be in the admin group on both laptops in order for the laptops to both have access.

i.e. Kushagr needs to be on both laptops, and a member of the local Administrators Group. Then logon on each system with Kushagr.

Jon

[Kushagr]

hey im sorry...actually i didnt exactly understand wat u tried to say
can u pls explain in still simpler terms...

[Kushagr]

im using windowx xp PRO

[Drew Roberts]

What he is saying is you need to create identical accounts on both laptops.

Name them both kushagr.

Make them both a member of the administrators group.

Give them both the same password.

This can all be done by right clicking on my computer and selecting Manage, then browsing to Local Users and Groups.

Use these identical user accounts and both should be able to access the other laptop.