file share windows seven and windows xp

[jgk641]

i cant seem to get two networked windows xp machines to file share with a windows 7 machine. and by share i mean i cant get them to change or move files on the win 7 pc . i set up the network, shared the folder with every one , turned off password protection shareing, the pcs can share printers but they just cant get into a folder. wich they need to access for running client software. there all on the same (WORKGROUP). anyone able to help me on this?

 

[ITGuy505]

How are you trying to access the shares? Can you see the shares by going to Start > Run and typing \\192.168.1.* (whatever the IP address is of the machine with the shared folders)?

 

[jgk641]

thats just it i can see them and grab files from them i just dont have access to change them on the host computer, ive tried all i know of to get access to them i just cant figure out what more i can do . ive shared them , ive granted access to all users and yet i still cant change them. wich i need to do to have a program work together on the network.

 

[Jacee]

What Anti-virus and firewall are you using on the Host computer?

 

[Jacee]

You can try Network Magic for 7 days, free trial .... Home Network Setup - Vista Networking - Home Networks Made Easy
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[jgk641]

avast and widows firewall

 

[jgk641]

and just to add wierd windows happenings . if i go into the folders through my network places i can edit the files

 

[ITGuy505]

Hmm.. Maybe try to map a network drive using different credentials and make it so that it uses the user of the target machine (ex. targetmachinename\username). Also, if you don't have a password on the target machine, try to create a user with a password and allow it to have access to the shared folder. Then use the user with a password to connect to the share.