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I'm Getting REALLY SICK of this (XP sharing with W7)
Hi all
What's up with simple Networking -- Why does Microsoft make it such a pain to get 2 computers to share files etc.
(W7 build 7077 X-64)
The frustrating thing about this is that sometimes it works and sometimes it just DOESN'T.
I can see W7 from a Windows XP virtual machine and access all the files on it. This works 100% every time. (Image 1).
I can SEE the XP virtual machine from W7 but can't access anything on it unless I right mouse click Connect Network drive -- then I get the login screen correctly which prompts for a password (image 2).
It shouldn't work like that -- I should get the logon screen if I click the Brownbear computer (the XP machine)
All firewalls disabled etc etc.
Why on Earth should something SO SIMPLE be so complicated to get working properly. (And Working EVERY time -- not just randomly).
I have ZERO problems with setting up SAMBA shares on a Linux machine which in theory should be a lot more complicated -- and it works EVERY TIME.
Sorry for the RANT but I'm beginning to get a bit frustrated with this -- I need the shares to work every time.
I've been using computers for a long time -- so I can just imagine the pure hell some newbies must be going through with this stuff.
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Cheers
jimbo