Want to see/change files over a home net between Vista and XP

[TomCon]

Have a typical home net, DSL modem and wireless router.

1. On the XP PC i selected the C drive and marked it for sharing access for
"Everybody" and "Full Control".
2. On the Vista PC, i selected the C drive, went to advanced sharing, and
marked its C drive as shared and full control for everybody.

But, in neither case can i see the other computer's files over the network.

On the Vista computer, in the Explorer, i do see that XP PC listed, but the
only thing that appears is "Printers". How can i get the Vista computer to
also see the C Drive of the XP PC?

On the XP PC, in the Explorer, i do see the Vista PC, but when i select it
in the Explorer (left pane), in the right pane, where i would expect the
contents of the selected item to appear, it is blank (no error, just blank,
no objects such as the C drive appear).

So, Question is, what do i have to do, on each of these PCs, to be able to
fully view and modify files on the C drive of the other PC. This must be a
common problem. Is there a good, comprehensive, step by step cookbook that
tells me what to do on each PC to make this work?

Thanks,
tom

 

[Not Me]

I have found that many times just creating a share name with the default
name of 'c' or such will not show, I change the name to 'c-mysharename' or
such to make it show

 

[Mick Murphy]

Have a good read of that link.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions and Sharing are there, too.
If you are running Norton, etc’s Firewall, check its settings.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.

 

[Andrew]

This is working as expected. It is the MS workaround to the slow file copy
problems in Vista.

Have a typical home net, DSL modem and wireless router.

But, in neither case can i see the other computer's files over the
network.

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