No Network 7 to XP


  1. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
       #1

    No Network 7 to XP


    Hello again,

    I've just reinstalled Windows 7 Professional 64-bit.

    The Windows 7 machine can see the XP shares but the XP Home machine cannot see the Windows shared folders. The UAC is off for the moment and Win-7 seems to have the right workgroup. I'm sure this is a simple setting which I've missed. I can't find anything helpful in Control Panel.

    I'd thought there was a setting 'allow sharing' somewhere, but I can't find it.

    Internet's OK.

    Any ideas?
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  2. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #2

    Hi Cheemag,

    Im no expert on this matter but found you a tutorial that may help your cause :)

    Also please see:

    cheers

    Dave
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  3. Posts : 247
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Northernsoul55 said:
    Hi Cheemag,

    Im no expert on this matter but found you a tutorial that may help your cause :)

    Also please see:

    cheers

    Dave
    Thanks Dave. While working through that I found that the networking was set to require a password. Resetting that has cured the problem.

    I knew it was something simple like that. Now on to the other problems ...
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  4. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #4

    Glad it helped you out
    Please mark this post solved if you feel your issue has been resolved.

    Cheers

    Dave
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  5. Posts : 5
    windows 7 Pro x64
       #5

    Being unable to enter a specific object/user (ie my own XP account) from my XP laptop in the Sharing or Security Tabs of the Properties of my Win 7 laptop's User Documents folder, because the only recognised “Locations” are on the Win 7 laptop, I am grateful for Cheemag's first link.

    I have added “Everyone” in the Security Tab of My Documents >Properties, as recommended in the second post on that thread. This worked, thank you!

    However I have now experimented further in the SEcurity Tab by adding from the Locations button the listed location "NETWORK" to the permission, and removing "Everyone". this also works, adn seems a narrower definition than "Everyone".

    Neither solution seems ideal, but since I have a home network and am the only user of both these laptops in my own home, if I take one away with me I will be careful to disable all Sharing on both pcs till I return it.


    Any further advice, please?
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  6. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #6

    Please can you start your own thread in the "Network and sharing" section:

    Network & Sharing - Windows 7 Support Forums

    Cheers

    Dave
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  7. Posts : 5
    windows 7 Pro x64
       #7

    OK - sorry!
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  8. Posts : 2,014
    Windows 7 Professional 64bit
       #8

    No Problem...thank you :)
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