"The operation can't be completed....re networking mac to pc xp pro

Question

Good evening - I am new to this forum and indeed to macs so please have patience!! I have just bought (from a friend) a Macbook 13" 2.16 ghz to see if I can "work with" macs. This after some 35 years with MS dos 2.1 + unix + windows 3 / 3.5 / 95 / 98 / 2000 and now windows xp on a compaq laptop. Not a willing horse "dragged to water"!
So far - love it! Now the difficult bit, as an inveterate hoarder of all my emails, documents etc etc I need to network my pc and mac book to evaluate the mac experience before making the deciding decision to become Mac all over!! So here we go:
I have the same log in names and passwords on my mac and on my pc. In +"my network places"+ I can see the "Documents" folder on the local network and the "username" on "Macbook" plus the public Folder on "Macbook".
When logged into the PC from there I can access these folders with no problem and from the pc transfer files from the pc to the mac and from the pc - from the mac to the pc - all super swimmingly! Sharing is "on" on the pc.
So far so good.
We then come to the mac. On the hard disk I can see the p.c. - I can connect to the p.c. as "Guest" (if guest is logged on the p.c.) or (when the registered user is logged on to the pc) as the registered user detailed above i.e username and password filled out on Mac by hitting the "connect as" button.
Having done that I am connected as: "Guest" Not quite sure why but I am connected.
I can see the p.c. "documents" folder on the mac but in whatever mode I am connected (as guest when guest is logged on to the p.c. or as registered user when the registered user is logged on to the p.c.). when I click on it and try to open it I get the following message:
*+“The operation can't be completed because the original item for Documents can't be found."+*
I have sharing enabled on the mac as follows:
Printer Sharing = everyone can print
File sharing = registered user can read and write everyone can read only plus the boxes for "share files and folders using AFP" (number of users connected: 0) and "Share files and folders using SMB (Windows)" The registered user account also has a tick in the box on the left of the registered user name.
So can anyone tell me please "what have I done wrong?"

Answer 1

Well, try this (I was able to fix my with these steps):
Go Utilities > Disk Utility
Select your Startup Disk, e.g. Macintosh HD
Then, under the First Aid Tab, click Verify Disk Permissions.
If there are errors, then click repair Disk Permissions.
After it is done, restart the computer and see if your problem is resolved.
I hope this help.
Zeke
www.ZekeYuen.com/blog/