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I have two computers AA and BB on a workgroup WRKGRP. I have ZoneAlarm installed on both. I am logged on as Administrator with password PW on both. I have a folder FLDR on drive C: on both. I can view FLDR and it's files from BB on pc AA in My Network Places, but when I try the reverse to access FLDR from AA on BB I get \\AA is not accessible. Access denied. I've tried this with the Firewall completely turned off (not running on either pc) with the same result. I've check and WRKGRP is the workgroup name on both from My Computer/properties/computer name. I can ping from BB using both the ip address of AA and the computer name successfully. I have repaired the winsock in case of corruption. I have done a repair from control_panel/network_connections/lan_connection. I really do not want to uninstall ZoneAlarm due to the large number of settings made. Can anybody help me out with some other alternatives?

What OS are you running?
Have you set up FLDR on AA as a share?

You can also try typing in the IP address (of AA) and the share eg.
\\192.168.0.1\fldr
in the run command box on BB.

If you're using XP try turning File sharing off and on again.

XP Pro SP2.

Yes. I have a share on FLDR and I see it in My Computer on AA. I've removed and re-shared FLDR to no effect.

when I try \\192.168.x.xxx\FLDR from BB I get.
The network path was not found.

Thanks for your help.

You have filesharing turned on on both PC's?
Could you check build-in Windows Firewall?

Checked both and neither were the problem.

Are the PC's connected through wires or wireless?
Or is the one wired and the other wireless?

They both go thru a wired Linksys router.

I completely uninstalled the ZA firewall and made sure Windows Firewall was off on both PCs each time.

I completely reinstalled XP Pro SP1 on computer BB, updated it to SP2 and applied all other updates. I ran the Network Wizard. I made a shared folder again, this time two of them. I still have the same situation except now when I go into My Network Places on AA I do not see any of the new shares on BB.

But if I work down the My Network Places chain of ENTIRE NETWORK/Microsoft Windows Network/Workgrp on the AA pc I see the BB pc. When I click on BB I see the shares and can access the files. When I try it the other way I see the AA pc, but clicking on it producess Access Denied message.