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Folder Sharing Win7 to Win7 for 1 user only
Hi there.
I'm having difficulty understanding File and folder sharing with Windows 7.
I have several PCs all running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on a home network in the same workgroup called "Workgroup".
What I want to do is share 1 folder for me called "Chris" (that no one else can access but me) on a PC named "Bear-den" I use as a media server. I have a Homegroup set up on this PC and working fine so everyone in my house can access my media on it and that is great. I do not want my Homegroup users to see or access the "Chris" folder. If they can see it I guess I can live with that but I definately don't want them to be able to access it.
Now the "Chris" folder I want shared for me only is shared by right clicking it and selected specific user (me). I can access it only if I am logged in to that PC. I cannot access the folder from any other PC that I am logged into. I am using the same username and password on all my PCs and although I can see the folder i cannot access it. I get the message "Windows cannot access \\Bear-den\chris You do not have permission to access \\bear-den\Chris. Contact your network administrator to request access." It never asks me for credentials when I double click the folder.
I know I have to have a user account on each Win7 PC but I can't figure out why this is not working.
Network Discovery is turned on
File and Print Sharing is Turned on
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!