JRB Associates

Bill,

For me Vista is part of a domain, so many things are handled that way, (user
accounts, addressing and such) but that is only part of the picture. So many
things are just second-nature, that I have to think about what is done
instinctively. There are many changes in Vista from what was present in XP,
2000, and NT4 and earlier. I gather that you have several PCs which are not
domain joined, but in a workgroup setting. I also gather that user accounts
and passwords are the same on each PC. From what you wrote, Network
Discovery and File Sharing both being on is the correct first step. Beyond
that there are many things which come into play. It must be assumed that the
PCs can see each other on the network (can be pinged, for example). After
that, user accounts, passwords, sharing and permissions are involved. Even
without sharing, the various folders all have permissions; they are similar
issues, but not the same. What I wrote about eliminating "Everyone"
permission, was (for me) about being able to have local access to all of the
folders on the local hard disk. Then, separate from that, was setting
permissions for any share(s) which are created. They both are involved. In
my own case, I did not want "Everyone" to even have access; since the PCs
are domain joined, I wanted different access by Group, from the domain
controller. This has worked quite well for me, no difficulty whatsoever.
Beyond this, I would have to stop and think what else it may be.

John Baker