File sharing

[Paul Kaye]

Network of two computers, a desktop running vista home premium and a laptop
running vista basic. I am the only user on each of the computers, my user
account name is the same on both computers and I don't need a password to log
on.
File sharing is 'on', password protected sharing is 'off', and I have shared
the 'documents' folder on both machines

When I view my network I see both computers "PAUL-PC" and PAUL-LAPTOP", when
I select the one I'm not working on I see "Users", "Documents" and
"Printers". When I select "Documents" I see "\\PAUL-LAPTOP\Documents is not
accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.......
etc."

Same result from either computer.

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Vista may not allow you access remotely without a password. Assign the same
password to the username and try it assign. Please post back with the
result. Or you may want to check this post.

Why do I need passwordVista actually requires a password for file and
printer sharing. It's not optional, even if you have password-protected
sharing off. Hope this helps! ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=686


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[Paul Kaye]

Good job. Establishing the same password on both computers did it.
Thanks....

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thank you for the feedback.

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