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file sharing between XP pro and 7 home premium
Wonder if anyone can help me.
Not finding sharing between 7 & XP easy. When we had only XP pcs my client set up file sharing with read/write control to everyone. The file was on one PC held in that PCs My docs folder - much of this is historical, not the way we we do it now, however would like to know if there is a way to resolve the problem without making significant/wholesale changes.
Previously, the "owner" opened the file at the start of day, when anyone wanted access XP pro created a copy which allowed the "owner" to update the file as necessary. Now with 7 when this machine opens the file it grabs control, and the "owner" when he updates, it creates a new copy (why does 7 do this! GRRR).
We have now changed the permissions on XP so that other users only have read access. However this creates a problem as another user does need to gain update access at certain times (originally the "owner" would then close the file on his PC).
A convoluted system but it is what worked and what it is what they are used to. Is there any other way, simply, to give another user update rights, specifically by PC rather than universally?