Sharing a folder on a Windows 7 Home Premium OS

Afternoon all,


I need to know if the following is possible so that I can attempt this myself?

Scenario:

Wireless network/Workgroup

2 Laptops both running Win7 Home Premium (Call these laptop1 and laptop2)

LT1 has a folder that needs to be shared (shared folder1) so that the user on LT2 can connect and use/update files in said folder (shared folder1).

There is a few more wireless laptops in the workgroup, so the folder on LT1 needs to be secure, access only granted to 1 local user on LT1 and the physical user on LT2 (Which I take it will also need a local user account on LT1?)

Can somebody tell me if this can be done at all?

If so I will give it a go with what I think and how it can be done.

And then post up either way whether I could do it or not.

Cheers,
JimmyRosa

hi

in my opinion u can do this by
rightclicking on the folder > sharing > advanced Sharing
there u mark "share this folder"
and then u click on permissions where u have to add the laptop/user

i would have tried out but my Laptop is available right now, but this should work.

greets.mowh

Hi,
Cheers for the reply mowh,

I'll give this ago, when you say add the laptop/user, do you mean the local user which is on the same laptop as the shared folder (LT1)? As I need the user from the second laptop (LT2) to access this folder on the first laptop (LT1), should I just create identical users and passwords for both laptops?

Cheers,
J