In trying to establish networking between my shiny new Vista desktop and the
rusty old XP laptop, I tried a lot of things including changing the "share"
options for a lot of the files on the new Vista desktop. I should have been
more careful to document what I had done.

How can I restore the original "file share" defaults in the now not quite as
shiny Vista System? On the laptop, I can see many things from the Vista
machine that I don't think I should see but what I think is the main
"documents" folder, the working folder (if I ever can do work on the new
machine, has "access denied." )

any suggestions for returning to factory status other than using the
recovery disks I so painstakingly burned?

I'm no expert, but Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center will give you a
good way to handle classes of shares (media, public, etc.) Choosing a
Restore Point and restoring to an earlier point in time may also be an
option.

"should always document" should always
wrote in message ...

In trying to establish networking between my shiny new Vista desktop and
the
rusty old XP laptop, I tried a lot of things including changing the
"share"
options for a lot of the files on the new Vista desktop. I should have
been
more careful to document what I had done.

How can I restore the original "file share" defaults in the now not quite
as
shiny Vista System? On the laptop, I can see many things from the Vista
machine that I don't think I should see but what I think is the main
"documents" folder, the working folder (if I ever can do work on the new
machine, has "access denied." )

any suggestions for returning to factory status other than using the
recovery disks I so painstakingly burned?

I'm no expert, but Control Panel, Network and Sharing Center will give you a
good way to handle classes of shares (media, public, etc.) Choosing a
Restore Point and restoring to an earlier point in time may also be an
option.

"should always document" should always
wrote in message ...

In trying to establish networking between my shiny new Vista desktop and
the
rusty old XP laptop, I tried a lot of things including changing the
"share"
options for a lot of the files on the new Vista desktop. I should have
been
more careful to document what I had done.

How can I restore the original "file share" defaults in the now not quite
as
shiny Vista System? On the laptop, I can see many things from the Vista
machine that I don't think I should see but what I think is the main
"documents" folder, the working folder (if I ever can do work on the new
machine, has "access denied." )

any suggestions for returning to factory status other than using the
recovery disks I so painstakingly burned?