Over a network, some shared folders give "Access Denied" while other work - Vista

[n7]

This is an ongoing issue i've been fighting ever since i started using Vista a year & a half ago.

I just finished installing Vista on two of my machines. (Doesn't really matter; this has happened before, but fwiw, these are brand new clean installs.)

-Both on the same workgroup
-Both set to Private Network as Vista terms it.
-Both have Network Discovery & File Sharing on

As for the folders i want shared, they're actually complete HDDs i am sharing, but it should work the same way afaik.

I set them to be shared, with Full Control permissions for Everyone.

See pic of how they're configured:
http://img264.imageshack.us/im...2/brokensharingfe8.jpg

And both computers see the other just fine.

In fact i can do anything i want to the files on some of the shared HDDs.

But on others, even though every single one is set up precisely the same way, i get an access denied error.
http://img166.imageshack.us/im...62/accessdeniedzl9.jpg

From that pic above, the D drive is accessible to all the PCs on my network.
But the E drive is not, even though they are shared identically.

Now if this was one random drive, i could live with it, but i have multiple shared drives across multiple systems that are shared the exact same way, & they too give the exact same error.
And alongside them are more that work perfectly.

In short...WTF?!?

I'd appreciate any ideas on fixes.

 

[n7]

I finally remembered how to do it...been a long weekend, & not in the good way.

Here's how to make those stubborn folders share themselves:

Go to Computer Management > Systems Tools > Shared Folders > Shares.

Select the troublesome drive, & right click to bring up Properties.
Assuming you've already added "Everyone" like i did in the post previously, you can jump to the Security Tab.

Click Edit > Add > then in Select Users or Groups in the box, type "everyone" & click OK.

Then Apply & OK your way back to where you started, & voila, the folders will actually be accessible!

Pic showing how:
http://img182.imageshack.us/im...ifysecurityforsda0.jpg

 

[bsobel]

Yea, just saw this. Was going to reply and say 'remember that NTFS permissions are applied after share permissions'. You've basically removed all security for logged in users from D and E with this approach, as long as your OK with that your set. I do *not* recommend you do this for your boot drive.

Cheers,
Bill

 

[barryng]

bsobel, why do you "*not* recommend you do this for your boot drive."? My local network is at my home and only used by my wife and myself. There is no internal threat, only the internet and this is dealt with by both the NOD/Eset firewall and the hardware firewall resident in my Linksys WRT54G router.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: barryng
bsobel, why do you "*not* recommend you do this for your boot drive."? My local network is at my home and only used by my wife and myself. There is no internal threat, only the internet and this is dealt with by both the NOD/Eset firewall and the hardware firewall resident in my Linksys WRT54G router.

Because if you do get malware on one box, this effectively removes any remaining share/directory security which could help contain it.