"Jean" <fakeaddress@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:
>I activated File sharing on the source Vista PC and activated sharing on a
>specific folder, but when I try to open folder from another computer I get
>"acess denied".
>
> For the life of me I can't figure out to give users on networked computers
> access privledges in the security tab for the source PC. Other locations
> (computers) don't show up when I enter Add new users.
>
> What am I missing ?
That's because (presumably) you are running what is called a "peer-to-peer"
network. In this type of network, all security information is held on each
machine locally rather than on a central server. This means that you have to
create a User account on the Vista machine for everyone who needs access to
it. The User account must be IDENTICAL in every way to the User account that
exists on the remote machine.
HTH