Sharing a Hard drive over 2PCs

Vista PC- Vista 64. New 1TB drive I want PC2 to be able to access. Thi
machine can see all the drives on PC
XP PC - can see none of the drives on PC

XP PC is being blocked by some file sharing permissions by the Vista P

The 1TB drive in Vista PC has file sharing turned on.

Firewall is allowing file and printer sharing

XP PC can see the Vista PC over the network, and the shared 1TB driv
but...Access denied, it cannot be opened. This is trouble...

Can anyone help before I throw the whole lot in the bath.:

Barr

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8bit Barry

A bit of info about Networking XP and Vista:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, and no
identical usernames/passwords, you will be asked for a username and password
when you try to access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista
computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to adding a Vista computer
to it(redoing the Wizard seems to work for XP machines!).

In “My Network Places�: “Set up a Home or Small Office Network�
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.

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Mad Mike


"8bit Barry" wrote:

>
> Vista PC- Vista 64. New 1TB drive I want PC2 to be able to access. This
> machine can see all the drives on PC2
> XP PC - can see none of the drives on PC1
>
> XP PC is being blocked by some file sharing permissions by the Vista PC
>
> The 1TB drive in Vista PC has file sharing turned on.
>
> Firewall is allowing file and printer sharing.
>
> XP PC can see the Vista PC over the network, and the shared 1TB drive
> but...Access denied, it cannot be opened. This is trouble....
>
> Can anyone help before I throw the whole lot in the bath.
>
> Barry
>
>
> --
> 8bit Barry
>