I have got a problem with sharing drives under windows vista.

If I was to create a partition on a disk using windows xp, and then install
vista, I would be able to share the volume, and other users would be able to
map to it and access it without any problems.

However, if I create a new partition on a disk under vista, other users get
an access denied error when they try to connect to the drive...

My only work around for this currently is to install xp, create a new
partition on the disk I want to share, then install vista and share it that
way, and it works fine. Obviously this is a complete pain to do everytime I
add a new disk to my pc.

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:18:03 -0700, Fifth Ace Fifth
wrote:

I have got a problem with sharing drives under windows vista.

If I was to create a partition on a disk using windows xp, and then install
vista, I would be able to share the volume, and other users would be able to
map to it and access it without any problems.

However, if I create a new partition on a disk under vista, other users get
an access denied error when they try to connect to the drive...

My only work around for this currently is to install xp, create a new
partition on the disk I want to share, then install vista and share it that
way, and it works fine. Obviously this is a complete pain to do everytime I
add a new disk to my pc.

I'd look at the cause behind the symptom. When you create a shared object,
permissions (Security / Sharing) will vary, according to the level of access
enjoyed by the account creating the share. Are you familiar with the
differences between Security and Sharing?
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/09/server-access-authorisation.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...orisation.html

I'd compare permissions created, when the new partition is setup under Vista vs
under XP.
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/advanced-file-sharing-tweaks-in.html
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...tweaks-in.html

And look at other known issues with Windows Vista, which could apply differently
for shares created under Windows XP:
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html#VistaServer
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...ml#VistaServer

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