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| xp share is not accessible. Access is denied Posted: 17 Oct 2010 11:11 PM PDT To this day, I still find that the way Microsoft implements network folder sharing is full of mysteries. In this case, I had an office setup with about 4 PCs (all running XP) One PC was acting as a “file server”, and it was sharing a folder for everyones common use… so far, its all straightforward. I’m asked to get a 5th PC (also XP) working and using the shared drive. Hey, I’ve done this lots of times, so it shouldn’t be a problem. I make sure the new PC is part of the same workgroup, restart, then in win explorer, I go to: My Network Places -> Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network -> WorkgroupName -> ServerName But as soon as I click on ServerName, I get the error: ServerName is not accessible. Access is denied. OK, I go through the usual range of troubleshooting options:
After a while, I decide to look at a PC that is able to see the shared drive… but it also gives the “access is denied” error… yet it is able to read and write files on the shared Z: drive… Weird, yet that gives me a clue on how to fix it: On the new PC, I open a command prompt and type: net use z: \\ServerName\ShareName /persistent:yes And that works! Z: allows the user to access the shared drive just like everyone else. Why? I’m really not sure, but its good to know there is a “back door” to fixing this! Related posts:
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