What have I forgotten? Simple home network/workgroup

[puggit]

Need to transfer all my mp3 files off my work laptop on to my spare.

Both are part of the workgroup 'WORKGROUP'. Both have an administrator account with the same name and password. I've shared the target folder and can browse it from my work mahcine - but I get access denied whenever I try and copy/paste files over or create a new folder...

[BliarOut]

Daft question, but are you logged on as administrator on both machines? Sounds like a permissions issue on the share. Right click it, sharing and security and make sure administrator has full control.

[puggit]

Got the fault - read only is being inherited from somewhere - but even the folder in the root of the drive is inheriting read only... and I can't switch it off.

XP Home Edition if you need to know!

[BliarOut]

puggit said:

XP Home Edition if you need to know!

Nuff said

[puggit]

BliarOut said:

puggit said:

XP Home Edition if you need to know!

Nuff said

I think you've forgotten to tell me how to fix it

[BliarOut]

Doh

Is it this problem?

CAUSE
In Windows XP Home Edition, all network connections (logons) are mapped through the Guest account. If the Guest account is not enabled, the connection will be denied.
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RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, make sure that the Guest account is enabled. To enable the Guest account, follow these steps:
1. Log on to the computer by using an account that has administrative rights.
2. Click Start, click Run, type control userpasswords, and then click OK.
3. Double-click User Accounts to open the User Accounts dialog box.
4. Click Guest, and then click Turn On the Guest Account.
5. Close the User Accounts dialog box.

Note: To manually enable the guest account on the Windows XP Home-based computer but to not show the Guest account on the Log On Screen, type net user guest /active:yes at a command prompt.

[puggit]

Good solution, but that's not causing everything to be read only

Absolutely everything is read only inherited...

[zumbruk]

puggit said:

Good solution, but that's not causing everything to be read only

Absolutely everything is read only inherited...

That's how XP Home works. You can change the properties of files/folders/shares, it'll ask you if you want to change the properties of the included files/folders, you click yes, it bashes away changing properties (so you think) and nothing changes. This sucks donkey dick. The only way to fix it is either to convert to XP Pro, or to boot in safe mode and change it, or use the chacl command to change the properties of the shared folder. This also sucks donkey dick.

Edited by zumbruk on Friday 23 June 11:21

[BliarOut]

Right click the share, properties, advanced and untick the inherit security tick box. Don't do XP Home, but something is telling me that you may have to be in safe mode to do that.

[zumbruk]

BliarOut said:

Right click the share, properties, advanced and untick the inherit security tick box. Don't do XP Home, but something is telling me that you may have to be in safe mode to do that.

Correct.

[puggit]

Go in to safe mode, login as admin, go to the drive - give everyone all rights - but I can't find where read only is ticked

I'd install XPpro, but it's in a box somewhere as we moved house