Thank you ... its working now
"Malke" wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > This may be a question for the XP board but I thought I'd throw it here in
> > case someone knows the answer...
> >
> > My home network has 3 PC's, 1 running Win98 (yes, Win98), 1 machine running
> > WinXP Home and the third running Vista Home Premium. I want to be able to
> > share files from my XP machine to my Vista machine. When I browse to the
> > shared folders I can see them but when I attempt to open them, it says access
> > denied. I can see and access the files fine from my Win98 machine (and i;ve
> > tried a friend's XP laptop which works fine) but Vista won't open the shared
> > folders. I have had success, however, in opening files that are in XP's
> > "Shared Music" and "Shared Picures" folders that have the same file sharing
> > permissions... this isn't making sense to me.
>
> The "access denied" error on the XP box probably has something to do
> with this:
>
> *****
> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:
>
> a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>
> b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
> Simple File Sharing enabled.
>
> Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
> that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
> resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters
> in your situation.
>
> Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
> home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
> folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
> Shared Documents folder.
> *****
>
> The easiest way to get around this is to simply create identical user
> accounts/passwords on the XP and Vista boxen. Then if you want to login
> automatically to one particular account for convenience, follow these
> directions:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
>
> Malke
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