That desktop is logged in as "john"?
Ok, does "john" have an account on the laptop (named "john")?
Besides firewalls you have to set to allow sharing I find this basic item to be met with "Does it matter?"
Bob
Hi
I have a notebook XP that can see and send to a XP desktop. Desktop can see Notebook but can not see contents or see folders. The path was not found or don't have permission. sharing is on everything, same network name. Totally lost on this so looking for help.

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