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Sharing a folder between 2 Vista computers
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
What a ing ball ache. I can't get it to work, please help me. A bit of background info.
- Both PCs have the workgroup set to be called WORKGROUP
- Network Discovery, File Sharing and Public Folder Sharing are turned on, on both PCs
- Password protected sharing is off (for now, just while I get this to work)
- Each PC can ping each other
However, when I right click a folder on the first PC and select share, I get to the bit where it lets you add a user account and for some reason I can't seem to add a user from the second PC. Why is this? What do I need to do? Am I supposed to enter it in a special way? //PC2/Username for example? Or should it be listed there already, because at present it ing isn't. Please advise.
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| Jarvmeister |
You simply share a file on the first PC.
Then you open an explorer window on the second and type \\[first PC's name]
You'll then see a list of shared folders. Click and go.
If you want to map a drive permanently you simply go to TOOLS and MAP NETWORK DRIVE and type in \\[first computers name]\share name and choose reconnect at login.
It really is pretty straight forward. You don't need to add users from the other machine. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Yeah I know how to access the shared folders. But it says access denied and that I need permission to access the share. |
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| Comrade Stalin |
| You need Windows 7 to do it. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| Did you disable the sharing wizard? So that it is like XP/2k folder sharing? If so, re-enable it. I have found this is the easiest way to do it. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
When I intially set the folder up to be shared, it takes you through a wizard and says you need to specify what users can have access to it. ie, this bit:
However, the default public folder they setup for you is working fine. I can access that from the second PC. I just can't seem to access shared folders that I specify. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| quote: | Originally posted by gehzumteufel
Did you disable the sharing wizard? So that it is like XP/2k folder sharing? If so, re-enable it. I have found this is the easiest way to do it. |
No. Where do I do this? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
No. Where do I do this? |
Open an explorer window, hit the alt key, click on tools, folder options. All the way at the bottom like in XP. :) |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Wait, I've just re-read your post which seems to indicate that it's best to have the wizard turned on. Is that right? Because I already do have it turned on and I still can't seem to add users from the second PC. Or do you mean I need to turn the wizard off and then try? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Wait, I've just re-read your post which seems to indicate that it's best to have the wizard turned on. Is that right? Because I already do have it turned on and I still can't seem to add users from the second PC. Or do you mean I need to turn the wizard off and then try? |
Leave it enabled imho.
As for why you are having an issue, neither computer is authing to a domain correct? So then, you can't add users that, while they are part of the same workgroup, aren't on the same machine that I am aware of. Unless things have changed somehow. I never could get that to work properly on XP. And I skipped Vista to Win7. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| Yeah, no domains here. Just 2 PCs connected to a router with the same Workgroup name. I could get this working between 2 XP machines just fine. It's like they've taken a step back with this bollocks. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| Just add "everyone" to the permissions. It seems to always work. |
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