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'share with...' specific people aren't listed
I have recently upgraded from XP SP3 to Windows 7, and have spent the last few days trying to figure out how to get the 'share with...' function to work. I have been searching for a solution and have seen that a lot of people have had trouble setting up sharing, but haven't found anyone who is having EXACTLY the same problems that I'm having. There are four computers on the network. All except mine are running XP SP3.
I have joined the workgroup, and can access the internet via the workgroup. I can access the shared folders and files that are on the other computers. If I set up the homegroup on my machine, I can select 'share with--->homegroup' or 'share with--->specific people--->everyone', and these files can be seen on the other computers. However, opening up the dialogue box for 'specific people', I cannot see other computers, or user accounts on other machines in the drop down menu. If I type the name of a user account or machine, it says that it cannot be found.
I read in one of the threads here about setting up a network with both xp and 7 machines that you cannot use a homegroup if there is one or more machine on the network not running Windows 7. I have turned off the homegroup, but this has not helped.
If worst comes to worst, I can still use sharing in the same manner that I used it on xp, but I would really like to use the 'share with...' ability, as there are things that I would like to share with my girlfriend that I don't want to share with everyone. But I still want to be able to share my printer and some music and stuff.
Hopefully there is something basic that I'm missing and can easily fix. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. While I'm reasonably savvy with xp, I am totally new to 7, so don't be afraid to patronize me. Looking forward to responses. :) Thanks.
Last edited by ballzac; 11 Jan 2010 at 06:03.