File Sharing Not Working

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I have an hp desktop and hp laptop, both are new. I have connected a
wireless linksys g router to the desktop and set up wireless connection on my
laptop. I have no problems getting on the internet on either computer. I am
trying to access the files that are on my desktop thru my laptop. I have
dealt with HP and Linksys and followed all of the Vista and Microsoft
instructions for file sharing. I can set up the folder for share but when I
go to my laptop and click on the desktop under networks it says that it
cannot access. Seems impossible since I use it connect to the internet. Can
someone please help.
 
I am experinecing the same issue. I am going to tinker with it somemore
tomorrw evening I will post if I have any luck.
 
Open the properties of the shared folder and check the permission. Please post back with the result.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have an hp desktop and hp laptop, both are new. I have connected a
wireless linksys g router to the desktop and set up wireless connection on my
laptop. I have no problems getting on the internet on either computer. I am
trying to access the files that are on my desktop thru my laptop. I have
dealt with HP and Linksys and followed all of the Vista and Microsoft
instructions for file sharing. I can set up the folder for share but when I
go to my laptop and click on the desktop under networks it says that it
cannot access. Seems impossible since I use it connect to the internet. Can
someone please help.
 
Robert said:
Open the properties of the shared folder and check the permission.
Please post back with the result.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

"Tina" <[email protected]
I have an hp desktop and hp laptop, both are new. I have connected a
wireless linksys g router to the desktop and set up wireless
connection on my
laptop. I have no problems getting on the internet on either
computer. I am
trying to access the files that are on my desktop thru my laptop. I
have
dealt with HP and Linksys and followed all of the Vista and Microsoft
instructions for file sharing. I can set up the folder for share
but when I
go to my laptop and click on the desktop under networks it says that it
cannot access. Seems impossible since I use it connect to the
internet. Can
someone please help.
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Welcome to the club - you'll see lots of this problem in this group, and
the MS-MVP's will all try to help, and in the end you'll probably not
get it to work. I have the exact same problem: XPPro wired to a router,
Vista Home Premium wireless through the same router. Cannot share files
between XP and Vista unless both computers are either wireless or wired.
If they are both connected to the router the same way, sharing is
perfect. If one is wired and the other not, I can see the folders I want
to share on the other computer but cannot transfer or alter anything.
It's waiting for Vista's SP1 methinks. I've read and read all kinds of
stuff, and learned a lot I don't need to know about networking, but I
can't get them to talk to eachother. With both computers running XPPro
it was seamless. It seems like a Vista problem. So we wait for the
'boffins' to do what they should have done before releasing Vista: get
it finished enough to do basic networking with the previous operating
system from the same company.
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Do one more test, if you enable guest account, can you access it now?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
The permissions show as read, write, read and execute, modify and list folder
contents.
 
Robert, I'm new to this whole sharing things. I enabled the Guest Account on
my desktop and it's still not working. Do I need to enable the Guest Account
 
In Network sharing, what permissions do you have set to ON and OFF?
Stuff like: Password protect, file sharing, public, Network discovery, etc
 
Remote computer or the computer you want to access.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Robert, I'm new to this whole sharing things. I enabled the Guest Account on
my desktop and it's still not working. Do I need to enable the Guest Account
 
OK, after you have exhausted all forms of suggestions and still cannot get
this to work properly try this.
First set all hosts to a static IP from your router
Then with the C drive shared, map the drive both ways from each computer.
This is the only way I was able to get file sharing to work between vista
and XP.
Hopefully sp1 will have addressed this issue and have been resolved.
 
I agreed with you. I faced this issue a long time but the problem still not
fix from the advice of all experts......
 
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