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Win 7 not sharing with XP pc. Tried many fixes.
Hi,
I just found this site looking for info on how to do a clean install of Win 7. It was very helpfull.
There is one problem I haven't been able to solve. Though I have tried many of the tutorials.
Win 7 won't share with my XP computer on the home network.This is what I have done:
Pinged the computers successfully. Made sure the workgroup names were the same. Per one of the tutorials, I changed the workgroup from Home to Work. I created a Share on the Win 7 and
it shows up on the network.
When I click on the shared item on XP computer, I get "Access Denied". One thing I think is strange, and may be the
answer, the XP's Computer Name shows up on the Win 7 Computer and is accessable, but on the XP computer Win 7's I.D. Name shows up instead. I have to go to "View Workgroup computers"to see it. The computer I put Win 7 on is a Dell Vostro 1000.
It has an AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual Core Processor TK-55 2GHz, 2GB total memory, a
Dell Wireless 1390 WLAN mini card, with the latest driver, and a 300GB WDC Hard Drive.
Thanks so much for looking at this. I have spent days trying to figure it out.
Ron