Simple file sharing problem

I have a home network of 3 PC's all running XP SP1. I can ping any of them from any location
Two of them can share files between them without problems. They can also access files on the
third PC.

The third PC can't always access files on the other two. Access is possible only if Simple
file sharing is enabled, but Simple file sharing is always disabled again after reboot.
It is not possible to set Simple file sharing permanently under any account,
including Administrator. I have tried to set it changing Registry key, but it is reset
after reboout too.

This PC is connected to the Internet using dial-up ISDN, and has Zone Alarm and Kaspersky
AVP installed. The access to the Internet from the other two PC's goes through WinGate,
and it is working properly

Thanks for any help.

 

Log to this page it has a lot of links to instructions to Windows Network Settings, and Sharing.

Link: Windows Network. Installing & Sharing.

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Interesting, thats a new one to me.

Thought I had seen it all


Have you checked for spyware lately?

I'll take a look at this when I get to work, having internal ms kb access is handy