I would like to add that the Vista machine will show the error mentioned
below when saving to the XP machine but does actually save an empty file on
the XP machine. This happens whether the firewall is turned on or off.
"Dawn" wrote:
Quote:
> I have two computers: Desktop running Win XP and a notebook running Vista
> Ultimate (64 bit)
> The network set up quite easily and I seem to be able to do everything
> except save from the notebook (Vista) to the desktop (XP).
>
> When working on the XP machine I can retrieve files and save files to the
> public folders that are on the Vista machine. But when working on the Vista
> machine, although I can navigate through all of the shared folders and
> retrieve files from the XP machine, I can't save to the XP machine??? I
> select 'save as', navigate to the network and down to the shared folder that
> I want and click save - it will even notice that there is a file with a
> duplicate name and ask if I want to replace the file but when I select yes to
> replace I get the error message: "There has been a network or file
> permission error." The file on the XP machine is not "read only", although
> the folder has an issue with the "read only" not turning off - done a lot of
> reading about this but nothing has helped yet... Can you help?