Windows 7 vs vista network file sharing?

[Mya]

Hi. I just baught a new laptop and decided to get windows 7 on it.
So far everything is great, i love how it looks and all works fine. Seting up wlan and all was no problem.
THE problem is... well with both old pcs (one pc one laptop) we had home network (or whatever network) set up so i could copy the files from sisters pc to my lappy and the other way around.

So now i have windows 7 on the new laptop.
And Vista on my old laptop (Vista 32 bit SP1)

And 0 idea what or where and how to do so i can share the files and get em from my old laptop on the new one... Flash is all fine and dandy but 100+Gb is a bit too much to be transfering with a 2Gb flash card <_< (old lappy does not have Bluetooth either btw...)

Are there any tutorials perhaps on how to get this done or at least ideas?
I speak well english, but i guess it aint good enough to know what exactly to look for in net, cuz i tried exploring but couldnt find anything useful

 

[sup3rsprt]

all drives are shared by default, to administrators. (EDIT - actually you might need to enable this http://www.softwaretipspalace.com/M...Tricks/windows-vista-administrative-share.php ) Then you connect like

\\IP_ADDRESS\C$ in Windows Explorer

to connect to the C: drive of another computer.

If the admin shares are disabled, you could also just right-click on the drive and go properties -> Sharing. Share the drive to the "Everyone" group.

If you have any more questions, just let me know.

 

[Mya]

The Everyone group does not open if i put that for specific files heres the screenshot of how it looks...

Both laptops only see them self in network area....

So i did the changes on the vista lappy in the registry.
I aint good with this kind of stuff... so step by step what do i do now?
I need to acess the files in The Vista laptop From the Win7 laptop....

 

[Mya]

Same user/password? i dont have pass set up for either of the comps, and username is a tinu bit diferent? Or this is some other user/password?

 

[sup3rsprt]

if you enable the registry tweak above and reboot, you should be able to access the drives so long as each computer has the same user/password account and both are in the same Workgroup.

go to My Computer, in the address bar type

\\computer_name\c$ [PRESS ENTER]

where computer_name is the hostname or IP address of the Vista computer.

What happens?

i dont have pass set up for either of the comps, and username is a tinu bit diferent?

This is partly why you are having difficulties with my method. You are using the computer insecurely. Having no username and password means you cannot have Admin access to shares (because windows does not accept blank passwords over the network as a security measure).

 

[Mya]

Ok so i should put a pass on both laptops then?
The changes to registry on vista lappy and reboot made the win7 lappy see the shared folders but it does not let me acess them says i dont have permission.
Password protected sharing is off, on vista lapy i checked the network n sharing center. Should i swich that to on then?

 

[sup3rsprt]

You have a few options. All of which are annoying (thanks Microsoft ), so bear with me.

You can either create the same username and password on each computer and login using that account. Or you can try your damnedest to enable guest access. Sometimes it requires enabling the Guest account, sometimes it doesn't. It depends on your current configuration.

 

[Mya]

Il pick the make the same username and pass trick oO this is so weird, so if i had win7 on both laptops i could just do the home(iforgottherestoftheword) thingie?

P.S. Yes im a girl, yes i dont understand almost nything bout comps.... but i cook great lasagna XD

 

[sup3rsprt]

mmmm lasagna sounds great right about now

Homegroup is the word you're looking for.

There are so many solutions it isn't even funny anymore. I wish Microsoft would just make something everyone could understand.

 

[Mya]

Their moto shd be "one problem and millions of solutions that do not work"

Speaking of solutions the puting same username and pass trick didnt work, il try puting file sharing under a pass now... this sucks... ><

How does crating a usergroup work oO this is terrible i need my files >.<

 

[sup3rsprt]

Yeah, if you're using usernames and passwords, you need password sharing On.

If password sharing is Off then you would need to edit the drive permissions and allow the "Everyone" group access.

It's why you get Access Denied even though Microsoft says you're supposed to be able to access the shared drive or folder. :\

 

[Mya]

so i tried to acess the win7 comp from vista comp and it said that e drive is available but the user acc youre loged on with has denied access...


Wait wait oO pass sharing? oO and where can i find that????
I only saw pass protection on/off

 

[sup3rsprt]

so i tried to acess the win7 comp from vista comp and

but I thought you were trying to do it the other way around? access the vista computer from the win7 computer? if so, all of the setting's I'm talking about should be done on the Vista computer (besides making the same user account on both computers).

yeah password protected sharing is what I meant, sorry.

 

[Mya]

but I thought you were trying to do it the other way around? access the vista computer from the win7 computer? if so, all of the setting's I'm talking about should be done on the Vista computer (besides making the same user account on both computers).

yeah password protected sharing is what I meant, sorry.

i am trying to make it i need to acess vista from win7 comp... i just tried to do it the other way arn in case it worked... but it doesnt, so i put the pass protection on... no changes... :'(

Ok rebooted its asking for pass oO where do i set it up >< man this is sick

Enterin my username and pass for comp does NOT work...

ok so i can acess the win7 comp from vista comp now but it still doesnt work the other way around....

So idk whats the problem but i can open win7 comp from vista and copy my files IN to the other comp... well its good enough for me, so more or less the problem is solved.
Thank you for your time u deserve a box of cookies

 

[sup3rsprt]

On the win7 computer, you need to login to the account you created on the vista computer.

Or from the win7 computer you can Map the shared drive using those same credentials.

Or you can turn off password protected sharing and right-click on E: drive goto Security Advanced and add the "Everyone" group with inherited permissions.

Or you can enable the Guest account.

I will have to write a guide on this someday because sometimes I think I'm the only one that understands it.

 

[Mya]

When pass was off i DID go to advanced sharing (not security) and everyone group was selected and i selected all 3 boxes where the permessions were (viev,full control and something else)
It didnt help tho...

 

[cropcircles]

Is there a step by step procedure how to Network & Share Vista & 7?

Hello

I tried to get help from Dell how to get our two dell computers
linked to the same router to be able to talk and share the
resources with each other

from our Vista computer I can log on to the 7 notebook
and I have setup sharing on both computers so it works
but only if I am on the Vista computer

I did read about not setting up a Homegroup on 7, I think
I might have ...

anyway there must be either a person who knows the exact
steps or there is a procedure step by step to follow how
to have both computers able to see each other -

the Vista computer doesn't have a password or login
so not sure if that is a problem

I don't visit this forum much so if someone has pity on
a newbie, I would be forever grateful

I am sure I am just missing one or two steps on
the 7 computer/notebook

thank you very much

Joshua Shapiro