File sharing

[jcolwrite]

My husband and I have 2 laptops which I've networked through a wireless
router and have no problem connecting individually to the Internet or
printer. Both use Vista Ultimate. A full map view shows us connected through
the same private network, both computer names are listed the same way, and
the workgroup is the same. I have turned off Windows Firewall. But I still
cannot open/view my laptop from his computer or his from mine in order to
access/share files. I also signed us both in for "people near me" and
"meeting space" to see if that made any difference. But it didn't. I don't
know what I'm missing. Can anyone help? Thanks.

 

[Malke]

My husband and I have 2 laptops which I've networked through a wireless
router and have no problem connecting individually to the Internet or
printer. Both use Vista Ultimate. A full map view shows us connected
through the same private network, both computer names are listed the same
way, and
the workgroup is the same. I have turned off Windows Firewall. But I
still cannot open/view my laptop from his computer or his from mine in
order to
access/share files. I also signed us both in for "people near me" and
"meeting space" to see if that made any difference. But it didn't. I
don't
know what I'm missing. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
and folders:

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


Malke

 

[oufan199]

Just right off the bat, make sure your network is marked "private" rather
than "public." See what that gets you.