Win7 Win Xp connect problem

[Diggar]

Let me start with my rant. It is hard to believe in this day and age that there are still so many problems connecting Windows in a simple network. Good night I had less trouble connect Win 3.1 computers.

I have a brand new Win 7 64 Dell that I just bought and am trying to connect to my WinXP professional computer and am going crazy.

I can find the Win7 computer on the WinXP search for networks but when I try to connect I get the error message

"\\frontoffice-pc\c is not accessible. You might not have permission to ise this network resource. Contact bla bla. Access is denied."

Any help appreciated on how to fix this
Thanks
Dig

 

[seavixen32]

Welcome to Windows Seven Forums.

These links may be of some help to you: Download Details - Microsoft Download Center - Windows 7 & HomeGroup: Downlevel Sharing

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/53830-file-sharing-between-xp-w7-vice-versa.html

 

[brady]

\\frontoffice-pc\c$ (don't forget the dollar sign for the admin share)
... Unless you have a folder called "C" shared somewhere?

You'll also be prompted for a username and password. I will assume your using the Administrator account to gain access. Your login will look simliar to this: frontoffice-pc\Administrator (with the local administrator password)

 

[Pumpiron579]

It is all in the way you set Home Group up.