No I only have my XP laptop and the Windows 7 laptop that I bought to
replace it.
The link you gave me was to an article about Windows 7 but I'm still stuck
on how to tell my XP (not my Windows 7) machine that I want the files on it
to be shared. That's what I need help with at this stage.
Dave
"Paul in Houston TX" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:k0v63n$l7q$(E-Mail Removed)...
| Dave Rado wrote:
| > Hi Paul
| >
| > As you asked me to cross-post this to the Windows 7 group (and I
couldn't
| > find any Microsoft ones, only alt.windows7.general, which I'm therefore
| > cross-posting to), I've pasted in my original post at the foot of this
| > message for the sake of those who can't see the original post itself.
| >
| >
| > "Paul in Houston TX" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| > news:k0uj6b$5fc$(E-Mail Removed)...
| >
| > | Connecting a win7 machine to an xp machine is not easy.
| > | It may be easier to buy an external USB housing for
| > | the old drive and use it as a back up for the win7 machine.
| > | However, if you want to try:
| > | Make sure both machines can connect to the router.
| > | Both machines will have to use identical user names
| > | and passwords. Both machines will have to use the
| > | same Workgroup. Do not use Homegroup.
| > | Connect each other first then worry about sharing.
| > | Consider cross posting to the win7 group.
| >
| > They are already both connected the router and are already both using
the
| > same username and password. But the issue is that I can't work out how
to
| > set up the XP drive to be shared by *any* other PC regardless of what
| > operating system happens to be on the other PC; and until I've got that
far,
| > the OS on the other machine will surely be a red herring.
| >
| > As I said in my previous post, on the XP machine, according to help
pages
| > such as the one at
http://bit.ly/SfZ3RS, if I right-click my C:\ drive
and
| > select "Sharing and Security," I should see a "Network" tab. But I don't
see
| > one. I do have a "Sharing" tab, but the help page at
http://bit.ly/SfZ3RS
| > says: "If no Network tab appears in the window, but a Sharing tab
appears
| > instead, close this window and ensure the Simple File Sharing option was
| > enabled in the earlier step before proceeding." But the Simple File
Sharing
| > option *is* enabled. And restarting Windows makes no difference.
| >
| > So I haven't got past first base, in terms of telling the XP machine
that I
| > want to share its drive. Until I've done that, what's on the other
machine
| > isn't really relevant, surely.
| >
| > Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
| >
| > Dave
| >
| >
| > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
| > news:84963c00-9458-45c1-a879-(E-Mail Removed)...
| > Hi
| >
| > I have an XP laptop that is on its last legs, and a Windows 7 one that
I've
| > bought to replace it. The old one no longer reads external media (such
as
| > CDs or my USB drive), so the only way I can get my data across to the
new
| > machine is by sharing its files on my wireless network.
| >
| > On my XP machine, under Tools + Folder Options + View, I have selected
"Use
| > simple file sharing (recommended)". It was deselected before, but is
| > selected now.
| >
| > Having done the above, I then right-clicked my C:\ drive and selected
| > sharing and security. According to help pages such as the one at
| >
http://bit.ly/SfZ3RS, I should see a "Network" tab. But I don't. I do
have a
| > "Sharing" tab, though, but the help page at
http://bit.ly/SfZ3RS says:
"If
| > no Network tab appears in the window, but a Sharing tab appears instead,
| > close this window and ensure the Simple File Sharing option was enabled
in
| > the earlier step before proceeding." But the Simple File Sharing option
*is*
| > enabled. And restarting Windows makes no difference.
| >
| > What am I doing wrong?
| >
| > Dave
|
| One machine is Win 7, correct?
| Do you have other XP machines?
| See if this helps:
|
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/...-fd3d431f3cd5/
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