Re: OT: Access denied when trying to connect to XP Pro from XP Home

The later NSW can cause sharing problems but Zone Alarm has been a REAL pain
in a p2p environment.
Respectfully,
Ron Moore

"Abrasha" <abrasha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Grant Erwin wrote:
>> Are you running any sort of firewall software or Symantec's product?
>
> Yes. Zone Alarm as my firewall, with both computers in each other's
> "Trusted Zone", and Norton SystemWorks 2002.
>
>> We found it completely broke Windows file sharing, we had to disable
>> everything except antivirus.
>
> That's not my experience. Only the file (folder) sharing I mentioned in
> my original post does not work.
>
> Abrasha
> http://www.abrasha.com


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