Solved How can i share between Win7 and Win8.1 ?

[americanu197]

So i have a laptop with Win7 and a new pc with Win8.1 both hooked to a router and im trying to share a drive between them and i keep getting the dreaded "Enter network credentials" prompt so...

Can someone share a simple list of things to do to share things...i dont care about security cause all the hardware is my own personal stuff?

 

[Brink]

Hello Americanu,

Double check the items in the tutorial below to see if it may be able to help for now.

File Sharing - "Share with" & "Stop Sharing" in Windows 8

 

[americanu197]

yeah it didnt work...i tried connecting the directly with a cable and it still asks for the damn credentials...
first it asks for user and pass so i enter the ones on my win8...then its another prompts the user is already entered and it asks for a pass or another user and here nothing works

 

[Brink]

If you like, create a homegroup on the Windows 8.1 computer, then join the homegroup on the Windows 7 computer.

Homegroup - Create in Windows 8

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/43972-homegroup-add-computer-join.html
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Afterwards, include the drive you want to share in a library of your choice on the computer that the drive is connected to.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/585-library-include-folder.html

Library - Add a Folder to in Windows 8
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When finished, you should be able to share the drive through the library in Homegroup.

 

[americanu197]

why microsoft why

 

[americanu197]

ok i did none of that...what i have managed to do is instead of entering my credentials i just entered the user of the other computer without password and i got access...now i see the shares but i cant enter the folder i want it says "You dont have access"...even though the folder is set to full access from everyone and i tried adding the user from the other pc to the access list but it doesnt find it

 

[Brink]

Depending on your needs, using homegroup would make it easier to share files.

 

[americanu197]

i just need one time access after which the laptop is out the door... plus i dont have the rest of the week to go through all the checks in those tutorials

 

[americanu197]

besides the win8 machine is already joined to the homegroup created by the win7 machine

 

[americanu197]

yeah it finally worked after i set access to everyone from the securities tab

 

[Brink]

Great news.