It's XP Home. All machines have identical users and passwords. I guess I'll
have to use the shared documents. I just wanted to keep everything very
simple - 4 shared drives.
Thanks.
"Malke" wrote:
> maryse wrote:
> > I have set up a home network with one vista, three xp's. Everyone can see
> > each other and I can have allowed the drives to be shared on all four
> > computers. I can access the entire vista drive from the xp's. I cannot
> > access each of the three xp Documents & Settings from any of the computers
> > although the drives I have shared have the Documents & Settings within them.
> > If I have shared the root drive, why would a file within that drive not be
> > accessible? I would appreciate anyone's help. Thanks.
>
> What version XP? If XP Home, that is why since Home doesn't allow
> sharing of users' home directories or program files. If XP Pro, uncheck
> "Use Simple Sharing" in Folder Options>View tab>last option.
>
> Or just put files you wish to share in the Shared Documents folder.
>
> Don't forget to put all machines on the same Workgroup and create
> identical user accounts/passwords on all machines.
>
>
> Malke
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