Hi, I'm running a small network at home with 2 W2K machines and 2 WinXP Home machines. All networking is OK except for one (!) of the XP Home machines. Internet is OK, 'ping' works, multiplayer gaming works, but file and printer sharing gives: not accessible, you don't have the rights, etc. The same happens when I try to approach that XP machine from one of the others: can't find network path, system not accessible... What drives me mad is that the two XP machines have exactly identical configurations (at least as far as I can see...). Still: one connects and shares OK, one doesn't. All machines have fixed IP addresses (192.168.1.1 - .4).One of the Win2K machines is server, incl. DNS (192.168.1.1). Running the 'netsetup' diskette does not work on Win2K... So what do I do now? Your help very much appreciated!

Try the following. On the Windows 2000 computer, choose [My Computer] [Control Panel] [Users and Passwords]. Click on the [Advanced] tab and then click the [Advanced] button. At the Local Users and Groups dialogue box that appears, double-click the Users folder. You will then probably notice the user called 'Guest' and that there is a small white cross on a red background next to this username. 'Guest' is the global user who is granted access rights to resources on Windows 2000 PC's. 'Guest', for all intents and purposes, is any other computer on the same network that needs unrestrictive access to resources on the Windows 2000 PC. However, by default, the 'Guest' account is disabled on Windows 2000 PC's, and so the other PC's on the network (the 'guests') are denied access to these resources. To enable the 'Guest' account, proceed as follows. Right-click on the username 'Guest' and then choose [Properties] from the drop-down menu. At the [General] tab of the 'Guest Properties' dialogue box that appears, remove the tick next to [Account is disabled]. Finally, close down all of the dialogue boxes.