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November 29th 07, 07:36 PM
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Vista File Sharing help needed
Hi Everyone,
Before I start, my knowledge of computing is home use + a little bit. My problem is as follow I have just upgraded two of my PCs to Vista, so far so good The one PC is my media server and HTPC (HFX) with a huge hard drive and therefore the repository of all my fotos, music and home movies. This drive has two partitions c and d. c is the system directory and d is all multimedia directory with 3 folders MOVIES, MUSIC and PHOTOS (in my home language of course) These three folders I have shared over the home network that I have created The other PC is my home laptop, an LG P1 (also Vista) and I use this PC to manage my content (fotos from my Nokia Phone digital camera et al) . The thing is when I open my network explorer I see the shared files BUT I cannot access them. I have tried to apply my XP knowledge into solving the problem but I guess that is a bridge too far. Please help... Paint by numbers instructions would be greatly appreciated! 
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November 29th 07, 10:11 PM
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Vista File Sharing help needed
You may want to create the same user in both computers. Or this post may
help. Vista common issue - can see but ...and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and ... so that you may want to create same username and password on the both computers. ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=450 -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Erich Hugo" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone, Before I start, my knowledge of computing is home use + a little bit. My problem is as follow I have just upgraded two of my PCs to Vista, so far so good The one PC is my media server and HTPC (HFX) with a huge hard drive and therefore the repository of all my fotos, music and home movies. This drive has two partitions c and d. c is the system directory and d is all multimedia directory with 3 folders MOVIES, MUSIC and PHOTOS (in my home language of course) These three folders I have shared over the home network that I have created The other PC is my home laptop, an LG P1 (also Vista) and I use this PC to manage my content (fotos from my Nokia Phone digital camera et al) . The thing is when I open my network explorer I see the shared files BUT I cannot access them. I have tried to apply my XP knowledge into solving the problem but I guess that is a bridge too far. Please help... Paint by numbers instructions would be greatly appreciated!
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November 30th 07, 08:18 AM
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Vista File Sharing help needed
Fantastic thanks Bob, I will give this a shot tonight and see if it works.
Another question. The third PC on my home network is an XP Thinkpad x61. Would I need to do the same with this machine? It seems to be a rather complicated solution to something that worked by default in the XP environment "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: You may want to create the same user in both computers. Or this post may help. Vista common issue - can see but ...and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and ... so that you may want to create same username and password on the both computers. ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=450 -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Erich Hugo" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone, Before I start, my knowledge of computing is home use + a little bit. My problem is as follow I have just upgraded two of my PCs to Vista, so far so good The one PC is my media server and HTPC (HFX) with a huge hard drive and therefore the repository of all my fotos, music and home movies. This drive has two partitions c and d. c is the system directory and d is all multimedia directory with 3 folders MOVIES, MUSIC and PHOTOS (in my home language of course) These three folders I have shared over the home network that I have created The other PC is my home laptop, an LG P1 (also Vista) and I use this PC to manage my content (fotos from my Nokia Phone digital camera et al) . The thing is when I open my network explorer I see the shared files BUT I cannot access them. I have tried to apply my XP knowledge into solving the problem but I guess that is a bridge too far. Please help... Paint by numbers instructions would be greatly appreciated!
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November 30th 07, 09:17 AM
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Vista File Sharing help needed
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx
Have a quick read; it may help "Erich Hugo" wrote: Fantastic thanks Bob, I will give this a shot tonight and see if it works. Another question. The third PC on my home network is an XP Thinkpad x61. Would I need to do the same with this machine? It seems to be a rather complicated solution to something that worked by default in the XP environment "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: You may want to create the same user in both computers. Or this post may help. Vista common issue - can see but ...and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and ... so that you may want to create same username and password on the both computers. ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=450 -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Erich Hugo" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone, Before I start, my knowledge of computing is home use + a little bit. My problem is as follow I have just upgraded two of my PCs to Vista, so far so good The one PC is my media server and HTPC (HFX) with a huge hard drive and therefore the repository of all my fotos, music and home movies. This drive has two partitions c and d. c is the system directory and d is all multimedia directory with 3 folders MOVIES, MUSIC and PHOTOS (in my home language of course) These three folders I have shared over the home network that I have created The other PC is my home laptop, an LG P1 (also Vista) and I use this PC to manage my content (fotos from my Nokia Phone digital camera et al) . The thing is when I open my network explorer I see the shared files BUT I cannot access them. I have tried to apply my XP knowledge into solving the problem but I guess that is a bridge too far. Please help... Paint by numbers instructions would be greatly appreciated!
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November 30th 07, 09:26 AM
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Vista File Sharing help needed
Basically, make sure ALL computers have the same workgroup name.
In vista Network and Sharing: Network discovery ON Network set to private File sharingON Public folder sharing ON (vista's public folder is XP's old shared docs) Password protected OFF( if you turn it on you will be asked for a username and password when you try and access vista from XP machine. The way around, if you want password protect, is to create identical accounts on all machines; I don't like that!) Also, run the XP home network file and printer sharing wizard again with all comps set up with the same workgroup name. "Erich Hugo" wrote: Fantastic thanks Bob, I will give this a shot tonight and see if it works. Another question. The third PC on my home network is an XP Thinkpad x61. Would I need to do the same with this machine? It seems to be a rather complicated solution to something that worked by default in the XP environment "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: You may want to create the same user in both computers. Or this post may help. Vista common issue - can see but ...and one xp from the vista however one is prompting for a user name and ... so that you may want to create same username and password on the both computers. ... http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=450 -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Erich Hugo" wrote in message ... Hi Everyone, Before I start, my knowledge of computing is home use + a little bit. My problem is as follow I have just upgraded two of my PCs to Vista, so far so good The one PC is my media server and HTPC (HFX) with a huge hard drive and therefore the repository of all my fotos, music and home movies. This drive has two partitions c and d. c is the system directory and d is all multimedia directory with 3 folders MOVIES, MUSIC and PHOTOS (in my home language of course) These three folders I have shared over the home network that I have created The other PC is my home laptop, an LG P1 (also Vista) and I use this PC to manage my content (fotos from my Nokia Phone digital camera et al) . The thing is when I open my network explorer I see the shared files BUT I cannot access them. I have tried to apply my XP knowledge into solving the problem but I guess that is a bridge too far. Please help... Paint by numbers instructions would be greatly appreciated!
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