Hi,

Having had a home network for a few years and becoming very used to having
it working all day every day without a glitch I stupidly upgraded to Windows
Vista. Despite right clicking on the folder, choosing share and allowing
everyone to have full control, the folders can still only be seen but not
accessed from computers on the same home network.

Is there a setting somewhere Im missing or havent used or am unaware of that
anyone knows of....Im ready to go back to xp at this rate ....Im sick of all
the dam questions and not ebing allowed to do the things I want to do on MY
system!

Hmmm....rant rant rant.....maybe a fix for this folder sharing will make me
feel better.. Oh yeah and please dont suggest I use the public folder..I ahve
a number fo drives I need to share over the network

Thanks

Password required in Vista sharing center?
Passwords on each account ?
Same user account on each machine with same pw?
or
Guest enabled on sharing page(when you first share a folder a dialog box pops up with a request to add a user e.g. 'Everyone' and set owner, co-owner rights etc. In that dialog box type in the word 'Guest' and set to owner, co-owner, or read.
Simple File sharing on the xp machines toggled off ?
- only exist on XP Pro(it should be off), if XP Home(guest on vista activated or same user name/pw as Vista machine)

Note: Everyone applies to other users on the same Vista machine, not on the other machines on the same network.

"Davib" wrote in message news : Hi,
:
: Having had a home network for a few years and becoming very used to having
: it working all day every day without a glitch I stupidly upgraded to Windows
: Vista. Despite right clicking on the folder, choosing share and allowing
: everyone to have full control, the folders can still only be seen but not
: accessed from computers on the same home network.
:
: Is there a setting somewhere Im missing or havent used or am unaware of that
: anyone knows of....Im ready to go back to xp at this rate ....Im sick of all
: the dam questions and not ebing allowed to do the things I want to do on MY
: system!
:
: Hmmm....rant rant rant.....maybe a fix for this folder sharing will make me
: feel better.. Oh yeah and please dont suggest I use the public folder..I ahve
: a number fo drives I need to share over the network
:
: Thanks

Id been thru all that but thanks anyway....I found the issue and found a fix.
I was trying to share the root of a drive so if anyone is looking for a
fix..here is an excellent step by step on how to do it and save yourself the
hours of frustration it seems many people are going thru.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/vista...der-vista.html

"...winston" wrote:

Password required in Vista sharing center?
Passwords on each account ?
Same user account on each machine with same pw?
or
Guest enabled on sharing page(when you first share a folder a dialog box pops up with a request to add a user e.g. 'Everyone' and set owner, co-owner rights etc. In that dialog box type in the word 'Guest' and set to owner, co-owner, or read.
Simple File sharing on the xp machines toggled off ?
- only exist on XP Pro(it should be off), if XP Home(guest on vista activated or same user name/pw as Vista machine)

Note: Everyone applies to other users on the same Vista machine, not on the other machines on the same network.

"Davib" wrote in message news : Hi,
:
: Having had a home network for a few years and becoming very used to having
: it working all day every day without a glitch I stupidly upgraded to Windows
: Vista. Despite right clicking on the folder, choosing share and allowing
: everyone to have full control, the folders can still only be seen but not
: accessed from computers on the same home network.
:
: Is there a setting somewhere Im missing or havent used or am unaware of that
: anyone knows of....Im ready to go back to xp at this rate ....Im sick of all
: the dam questions and not ebing allowed to do the things I want to do on MY
: system!
:
: Hmmm....rant rant rant.....maybe a fix for this folder sharing will make me
: feel better.. Oh yeah and please dont suggest I use the public folder..I ahve
: a number fo drives I need to share over the network
:
: Thanks

Thanks for the link, you may have saved a marriage.
When Vista came out, I went Mac and my wife went Vista.

It (Vista) has been a nightmare...


On 6/14/07 5:24 AM, in article
, "Davib"
wrote:

Id been thru all that but thanks anyway....I found the issue and found a fix.
I was trying to share the root of a drive so if anyone is looking for a
fix..here is an excellent step by step on how to do it and save yourself the
hours of frustration it seems many people are going thru.


http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/vista/1008-how-share-root-drive-under-vista.htm
l

"...winston" wrote:

Password required in Vista sharing center?
Passwords on each account ?
Same user account on each machine with same pw?
or
Guest enabled on sharing page(when you first share a folder a dialog box pops
up with a request to add a user e.g. 'Everyone' and set owner, co-owner
rights etc. In that dialog box type in the word 'Guest' and set to owner,
co-owner, or read.
Simple File sharing on the xp machines toggled off ?
- only exist on XP Pro(it should be off), if XP Home(guest on vista
activated or same user name/pw as Vista machine)

Note: Everyone applies to other users on the same Vista machine, not on the
other machines on the same network.

"Davib" wrote in message
news : Hi,
:
: Having had a home network for a few years and becoming very used to having
: it working all day every day without a glitch I stupidly upgraded to
Windows
: Vista. Despite right clicking on the folder, choosing share and allowing
: everyone to have full control, the folders can still only be seen but not
: accessed from computers on the same home network.
:
: Is there a setting somewhere Im missing or havent used or am unaware of
that
: anyone knows of....Im ready to go back to xp at this rate ....Im sick of
all
: the dam questions and not ebing allowed to do the things I want to do on MY
: system!
:
: Hmmm....rant rant rant.....maybe a fix for this folder sharing will make me
: feel better.. Oh yeah and please dont suggest I use the public folder..I
ahve
: a number fo drives I need to share over the network
:
: Thanks

"Davib" wrote in message
news
Hi,

Having had a home network for a few years and becoming very used to having
it working all day every day without a glitch I stupidly upgraded to
Windows
Vista. Despite right clicking on the folder, choosing share and allowing
everyone to have full control, the folders can still only be seen but not
accessed from computers on the same home network.


Just my 2 cents.

I looked at the reply by ...winston and was amazed at the lack of a decent
response. Your noted solution to the problem with file sharing apparently
works fine, but it seems to be a go-around procedure. But if it works, then
great.

I also have Vista and an XP machine on a network, can share printer, and can
share a "few" folders. But I cannot share ALL the Vista folders I would
like. I've tried all ( I think) of the wise suggestions by Microsoft MVPs,
etc., but they usually miss an important step. Bottom line: it should NOT
be this hard to share Vista folders!

My solution was to make a folder "Z" on Vista's root drive, then copy
whatever I wish to share to it. Then my XP can access the shared "Z"
folder. That's a workaround too, but I'm too tired trying to figure out a
task that used to be so simple with XP and ME.

EW

"LoneStar" wrote in message reenews.net...

My solution was to make a folder "Z" on Vista's root drive, then copy whatever I wish to share to it. Then my XP can access the
shared "Z" folder. That's a workaround too, but I'm too tired trying to figure out a task that used to be so simple with XP and
ME.

Everything is simple unless you have to consider security.
--
Gary VanderMolen