File Sharing

[Chris & Barbara]

I have been trying to set up a folder to share on my home network. I go
through the procedure and click done, but the folder does not show up as
being shared. (I do not get the little icon on the folder). When I try to
see it from the other computer it is not there. The printers are all there,
and the windows preset folder are there. I disabled password and made sure
that file and print sharing were enabled.

The only computer I am having the problem with is the VISTA computer. The XP
and Win7 work fine.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks in advance

Chris

 

[JimF]

I have been trying to set up a folder to share on my home network. I go
through the procedure and click done, but the folder does not show up as
being shared. (I do not get the little icon on the folder). When I try to
see it from the other computer it is not there. The printers are all there,
and the windows preset folder are there. I disabled password and made sure
that file and print sharing were enabled.

The only computer I am having the problem with is the VISTA computer. The
XP and Win7 work fine.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks in advance

Chris

Probably a simplistic answer but are the workgroup names the same?

JimF

 

[Chris & Barbara]

Probably a simplistic answer but are the workgroup names the same?

JimF

Yes. That is not the problem. I can not even set the folder to share. I know
I am using the right procedure, but it is just not working.

Chris

 

[Chris & Barbara]

I have been trying to set up a folder to share on my home network. I go
through the procedure and click done, but the folder does not show up as
being shared. (I do not get the little icon on the folder). When I try to
see it from the other computer it is not there. The printers are all there,
and the windows preset folder are there. I disabled password and made sure
that file and print sharing were enabled.

The only computer I am having the problem with is the VISTA computer. The
XP and Win7 work fine.

Where am I going wrong?

Thanks in advance

Chris

Problem solved. I went in through properties to share and then advance share
settings. It should work the other way also, but it does not. I am not going
to worry about it, I got it to work and that is all that matters to me.

Thanks to all for your replies

Chris