If this is the only way I will do it. So, is a password on Vista necessary?
Before my clean install and without SP1 I did not need a password. Is this
something new? I am in a very secure setting. The only reason I have a
password on Snowdancer, the laptop is because it "travels." Thanks, Bob
"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
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> You need to setup a password for vista sharing. this search result may help.
>
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> "Robert Schuldenfrei" <RobertSchuldenfrei@xxxxxx> wrote
> in message news:061D75A6-7437-4F23-B368-7BCD5B28ADD8@xxxxxx Quote:
> > Dear NG,
> >
> > I have a small LAN with a Vista desktop (called Osiris) and a few XP
> > laptops
> > (one of which is called Snowdancer. Last week I did a "clean" install of
> > Vista on Osiris. Before this clean install I had two way communications
> > between Snowdancer and Osiris. I use Windows Explorer to move files
> > between
> > the two.
> >
> > After the clean install Osiris could still manipulate files on Snowdancer,
> > but the reverse is not happening. BTW, print sharing works and so does
> > "Public Folders." From this I conclude that I do not have a connection
> > issue, right?
> >
> > I do not have a Domain. My C: drive is "Shared." I log into Snowdancer
> > with my full name Robert Schuldenfrei and a password. I log into Osiris
> > with
> > my nickname Bob and no password. I am an administrator on both systems.
> > I
> > have searched through this NG for similar problems and there are lots of
> > posts. I have come up short with every repair I have looked into, so I
> > must
> > be missing something. Remember, before my clean install I had this
> > working
> > just fine.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Bob
>
>