Home network woes

[Midnight Mick]

I am trying to set up a home network within Windows 7 so it can communicate with two other machines, one has installed XP, the other Vista.

I have set up home networks in the past no problem (not on 7) & whilst I can get all 3 PC's talking to one another it appears that XP & Vista can not only see my shared documents but also my user documents, more worrying is that both other machines can edit or change any of my user documents!

I would prefer none of the other PC's connected to the network to see my documents let alone gain access to them & whilst this folder is supposedly locked it isn't!

I would be greatful for any help, thanks.

Images for reference of my PC:

 

[myzr7]

Hello Mick Welcome to Seven Forums. Hope you enjoy your stay here. Have you set up permisions on. left side of page from the one you posted?
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[Midnight Mick]

It appears you have an additional setting in Public folder sharing than me!

 

[myzr7]

mick on the page you sent a snip of is there a link at the bottem of the page that says public. if so click on that and it expands somemore commands?

 

[myzr7]

here is a snip of the rest of the page
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[Digger]

passwords on all machines and accounts setup? This is a must

 

[Midnight Mick]

I sorted my problem.

I turned off network discovery in home or work.

I enabled network discovery for public (password protected of course).

Now the other computers only have access to my public folder and not my private documents.

 

[myzr7]

I sorted my problem.

I turned off network discovery in home or work.

I enabled network discovery for public (password protected of course).

Now the other computers only have access to my public folder and not my private documents.

Sounds good Midnight. Thanks for sharing your solution with us. Enjoy! lm