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April 10, 2008 at 02:32 PM
borginva

Problems Sharing on Network with XP & Vista

by borginva . Updated 18 years, 3 months ago

I searched all over and find so many topics on the issue that it is not just overwhelming, but a lot of it does not even pertain to my issue.

Dell sent me a replacement laptop but it has Vista Business on it, not XP pro (do not get me started on it but I will find a way to get it into Ultimate later, or format the sucker into XP Pro SP3) without telling me. I turned it on and set it up with no password, as I am the only user. The Vista can see the XP machines and access the files, but the XPs can not. One XP can not even access the shared folders of Vista. The other XP is being asked to enter in a login.

I have never touched Vista ever, and never planned to. However, at the moment on this new laptop, this is what I have. The only account on this laptop has no password. The whole drive is shared, but does not seem to work.

So, do you happen to know of a good site that tells you how to get sharing to work?

Thank you.

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