PC's see each other but cant access shared files.

[steve7677]

I have 3 win7 machines on my home network and one unraid (NAS) server. All my machines can see each other they are all under the same workgroup. However they cannot access each other c or d drives. I have setup shared files on one and when i attempt to access those folder windows says network error . windows cannot access you do not have permission to access.

I have setup all my windows machines to network discovery on, file/printer sharing on, use 128 bit encryption, turn off password sharing. homne group connection is set to - use user account to connect to other computers.

Ive been at this for ages read a million threads and still cant get access.

Should i not be able to access my laptops c and d drives from my imac running windows 7? and vice versa.

any help will be appreciated

Cheers
Steve

 

[Shadowjk]

Hardrive sharing requires additional steps than just sharing a folder.

   Warning

Sharing the C drive can cause a huge security risk since anyone on the network could potentially damage the machine remotely. Proceed at your own risk

This post should show you how to share a drive across a network, please replace the drive with the particular drive you wish to share - http://www.sevenforums.com/network-sharing/92521-hdd-sharing.html#post798310

Hope This Helps,
Josh!

 

[chev65]

I have 3 win7 machines on my home network and one unraid (NAS) server. All my machines can see each other they are all under the same workgroup. However they cannot access each other c or d drives. I have setup shared files on one and when i attempt to access those folder windows says network error . windows cannot access you do not have permission to access.

I have setup all my windows machines to network discovery on, file/printer sharing on, use 128 bit encryption, turn off password sharing. homne group connection is set to - use user account to connect to other computers.

Ive been at this for ages read a million threads and still cant get access.

Should i not be able to access my laptops c and d drives from my imac running windows 7? and vice versa.

any help will be appreciated

Cheers
Steve

Just to make sure, is the C:>Users folder shared per the picture below because without the User folder being shared no folder lower down in the hierarchy will be sharable.

Drive sharing is a bit different but it's best to make sure that sharing is enabled for the Users folder and go from there. I'll assume that you checked the boxes to enable sharing for the Library folders when you set up the Homegroup.