Networked Computers - can't save files on networked Computers


  1. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 64 bit
       #1

    Networked Computers - can't save files on networked Computers


    Three Computers on a home network.
    Desktop in Office (Windows 7) . Wife's Laptop (Windows 7). My laptop ( Vista unfortunately). Norton Security Suite and all three. I have a network setup and a Homegroup established.

    Everything was setup and working so that I could share files between all three. My wife was able to open a desktop file make changes and save it back to the desktop computer.

    All of that changed. Now we get a message when trying to save the file. "You do not have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission".

    I have given the entire "MY Documents" sharing permission to everyone.

    I have checked everything. I have looked over all kinds of forums and nothing has worked.

    I am to the point of doing a complete reinstall of Windows 7 on my Desktop. I have spent tens of hours on this.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #2

    Disable Norton on the Desktop, see if that fixes it. If not try disabling it on the other computers.

    Do this only for testing. Re-enable when done. If it fixes the problem then you need to look at Norton to see how to allow access from the other computers.
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  3. Posts : 2
    Windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Rich,
    I tried that and still get the message. I had done that earlier on just the desktop and it didn't help. Just tried with both disabled and still not working. About a week ago I uninstalled Norton on the Desktop and it didn't help.

    I can open the other computer's files but can save anything back to them
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  4. Posts : 543
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #4

    Hello,

    Check the permissions on the Advanced sharing section as well. In Windows 7 you need to look at the sharing tab (Advanced Sharing>Permissions) and the security tab.

    Also, have you changed your username or password recently? If so, this could also create the problem.



    Dave
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  5. Posts : 983
    7 x64
       #5

    One problem is the Norton software. It is nothing but a resource HOG.
    Even after uninstalling it is still installed. Norton has a special program that you need to run to really get rid of it.
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  6. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #6

    BigBill767 said:
    Three Computers on a home network.
    Desktop in Office (Windows 7) . Wife's Laptop (Windows 7). My laptop ( Vista unfortunately). Norton Security Suite and all three. I have a network setup and a Homegroup established.

    Everything was setup and working so that I could share files between all three. My wife was able to open a desktop file make changes and save it back to the desktop computer.

    All of that changed. Now we get a message when trying to save the file. "You do not have permission to save in this location. Contact the administrator to obtain permission".

    I have given the entire "MY Documents" sharing permission to everyone. Norton can cause you many problems related to sharing if it's not set up correctly.

    I have checked everything. I have looked over all kinds of forums and nothing has worked.

    I am to the point of doing a complete reinstall of Windows 7 on my Desktop. I have spent tens of hours on this.

    Any ideas?
    You mentioned that you have a Home group set up for your network. The problem is that Vista may not work correctly in a Windows 7 Home group.

    In general you would want to set up a Work group type of network after leaving the Home group.

    There are ways to make the Home group work with different versions of Windows, the link below has a download that can show you how to set that up.
    Download: Windows 7 & HomeGroup: Downlevel Sharing - Microsoft Download Center - Download Details

    You may also need to allow for sharing through the Norton firewall. Norton can cause you many problems related to sharing if it's not set up correctly.
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