File sharing over remote desktop not working.


  1. Tadroptopgirl
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    Windows 7 64bit ultimate
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    File sharing over remote desktop not working.


    I have two laptops an ASUS with windows 7 ultimate and the other with windows 7 home premium. I also have a built desktop with windows server 2008 r2. I have enabled remote connection on the server and can log on with all of the user accounts. But I can not file share when I have remotely connected to the desktop using remote desktop connection. I have enabled printer and clipboard and then went in to more and selected the drive i wanted to share. I then logged on to remote desktop and the drive is not listed in computer management or in my computer. How can I fix this? Is it an issue in the windows server os that I need to do? Thank you for your help in advance!!!!
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  3. tman69
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    win7 ultimate 32bit
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    remote desktop connections allow you to 'control' a computer remotely--but--does not give you file sharing capabilities. You need to assign volumes on the server as 'shared' and then mount the 'volume(s)' on your laptops
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  4. Tadroptopgirl
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    The server and the two laptops are not on the same network connection. I put the shared path with the ip address in the map network drives and it couldnt find the host.
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  6. tman69
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    Tadroptopgirl said:
    The server and the two laptops are not on the same network connection. I put the shared path with the ip address in the map network drives and it couldnt find the host.
    they NEED to be on the same network--you'll need to do some 'server' research to determine how to network all this together--I know very little about servers--except how to mount them when they're on the same network.

    perhaps someone else can assist...
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