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Old 03-21-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Can't access shared files/folders

Hi! I have Vista x64 Ultimate on my desktop and Vista x64 Home Premium on my wireless laptop. I’m trying to share files and folders. I believe I’ve done everything I needed to enable file sharing on both computers. All my Sharing and Discovery buttons are turned on except Password Protect Sharing. I added “Everyone” to my sharing list on both computers. Both computers have the same Workgroup name.
My problem is that I don’t know how to access the shared files/folders from either computer. All the web sites I’ve visited tell me how to enable sharing but none of them tell me how to access them. It’s probably a simple process but I can’t figure it out.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
P.S. If any of my files or folders have the same name on both computers would that be a problem?

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Old 03-21-2009   #2 (permalink)


VISTA home prem 32bit SP2 --- XP Pro SP3 32bit
 
 

Re: Can't access shared files/folders

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Old 03-21-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium
 
 

Re: Can't access shared files/folders

First Disable all the Firewalls on the computer and check.. it would be helpful if you could give the network setup
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Old 03-22-2009   #4 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Can't access shared files/folders

Thanks for the reply! After I posted the message I called MS. The nice tech took control of my computer. It took her about an hour but she got the file sharing working. She had to delete my Trend Micro Virsu Protection as it was somehow conflicting with my sharing. Afterwords I re-installed it and things are fine. Thanks again for your quick reply!
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Old 03-22-2009   #5 (permalink)


VISTA home prem 32bit SP2 --- XP Pro SP3 32bit
 
 

Re: Can't access shared files/folders

WOW....

what phone number did you call?
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Old 03-23-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate x64
 
 

Re: Can't access shared files/folders

Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by pacinitaly View Post
WOW....

what phone number did you call?
Hi gumba! I called 1-866-452-4755. Please note: You get 90 days of free technical support from the first day you call regardless of when you purchased Vista (Also applies to Office 2007 and probably all their other products). Hope that helps.
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