BigAl.NZ@gmail.com wrote:
> Now the only problem really seems to be that if I go to another PC,
> say PC2, and try to browse the workgroup (via View Workgroup
> Computers) I can see PC1, but when I click on it I get something to
> the effect of "Cannot view \\PC1 .....access denied"
>
> Now I checked that I have go File and Printer Sharing Installed, and
> the other thing the MS KB article said to do was to make sure netbios
> over TCP/IP was enabled and it is.
>
> I am wondering if its something to do with Local Security Policy or
> Shared Folder Setup in computer management???
>
> So to summarise, I can PING, and I can connect to SMB shares, but cant
> browse the formatted PC, PC1, in the list of computers in WORKGROUP.


Make sure that the "Computer Browser" service is started and running
automatically in the background.

Yousuf Khan