Two PC Home Network - Laptop can't view files on Desktop

Hi,

I have two systems (Win 7 Pro x64 Desktop & Win XP Pro Laptop) in a Home Network connected via cable through my DSL router; both systems connect to the internet directly through the router. I created a Workgroup and ran the Network ID wizard on both machines. Both system have the correct workgroup name and I checked the Win 7 system to ensure other systems have access without password requirement.

When I view the Network in Win 7 Windows Explorer, I see both the PCs and their shared folders. When I view My Network Places in Win XP I see the Win 7 folder I added. However, when I click on that folder to view the subfolders, I get an error indicating Win 7 folder is not accessible. You might not have permission to sue this network resource. I think I checked the permissions and they are all correct or the same as the Win XP system.

I have ensure the folders are shared, but I don't a way to get a good confirmation that the system has implemented my request.

What should I check to resolve the access to the Win 7 folders from the Win XP system?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Regards

try Installing teamviewer,on both machines. This program Is free. works very well for me.

Thanks,

Teamviewer works great. But, I'd still like to know what I haven't done correctly on my standard Microsoft Windows Network.

Do you have any suggestions on what to check?

Regards

Some additional information:

When I go into My Network Places on the Win XP system and click "Add a network place," I get the wizard to browse folders on the network. I can see the tree that goes from My Network Places to Entire Network/Microsoft Windows Network/Workgroup/Win 7 system & Win XP system. When I expand the Win 7 system I see two folders that don't expand further: Users & my Login. If I select the Login and click "OK" the wizard completes to the "Finish" button. When I click "Finish" I get the same Windows Explorer error that my folder \\Destop\Login is not accessible.

Once I clear the error, I go back to the My Network Places page and I see the folder I was denied access as an icon under "The Internet" category. My router and Win XP folder is under the "Local Network" category.

I think that if the setup was correct, I should see the Win 7 folder under the "Local Network" category with the router and Win XP folder.

I suspect there is a setting for sharing or something on the Win 7 system that is preventing the Win XP system from accessing the Win 7 folder.

Regards

I resolved my issue.

Basically, when connecting Win 7 and Win XP systems in a Workgroup, you must set passwords on user accounts even though you can set the systems to log onto the desktops without having to enter the password.

Also, Home-group is a Win 7 feature only, so the feature is disabled for Workgroup type network.

The solution is detailed on the following links.

Getting Access is Denied when accessing Windows 7 share from Windows - Microsoft Community

Configure Windows XP to Automatically Login

Regards