Vista - Sharing like XP?

I've read a lot about the various ways to configure file sharing on a
Vista PC, and I'm now confused. The bottom line is this:

Is it possible to set up XP type file sharing between Vista PCs
*without* having the same account on both of them?

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Nigel M

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:14:18 +0100, Nigel Molesworth <reply@thegroup.com> wrote:

>I've read a lot about the various ways to configure file sharing on a
>Vista PC, and I'm now confused. The bottom line is this:
>
>Is it possible to set up XP type file sharing between Vista PCs
>*without* having the same account on both of them?

Nigel,

You could use Guest authentication (PPS Disabled), as long as you understand the
limitations.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Guest>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...-xp.html#Guest

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Have you tried the following:
In Vista Networking and Sharing:
1 Network Discovery ON
2 File Sharing ON
3 Public Folder Sharing ON
4 Password Protected OFF
5 and the Network should be set to “Private�

And have you made sure that the workgroup names are the same on XP and Vista.
By default XP is MSHOME and Vista is WORKGROUP; they should be the same.
Also "Shared Docs" in XP is called "Public Folder" in Vista






"Nigel Molesworth" wrote:

> I've read a lot about the various ways to configure file sharing on a
> Vista PC, and I'm now confused. The bottom line is this:
>
> Is it possible to set up XP type file sharing between Vista PCs
> *without* having the same account on both of them?
>
> --
> Nigel M
>

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:50:05 -0700, Mick Murphy
<MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Also "Shared Docs" in XP is called "Public Folder" in Vista

That's the bit I don't want. I want to share the Documents folder.

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Nigel M

I've never been able to share just the douments folder but you can share your
user folder, which will allow access to documents and all else.
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Paul


"Nigel Molesworth" wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:50:05 -0700, Mick Murphy
> <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Also "Shared Docs" in XP is called "Public Folder" in Vista
>
> That's the bit I don't want. I want to share the Documents folder.
>
> --
> Nigel M
>

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:44:02 -0700, PaulB
<PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I've never been able to share just the douments folder but you can share your
>user folder, which will allow access to documents and all else.

My Documents folder is not a subfolder of Users.

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Nigel M

Nigel, I am the only user of both my computers; and I just right-clicked
Documents in Windows Explorer, and shared.
It works for me.

"Nigel Molesworth" wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:44:02 -0700, PaulB
> <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I've never been able to share just the douments folder but you can share your
> >user folder, which will allow access to documents and all else.
>
> My Documents folder is not a subfolder of Users.
>
> --
> Nigel M
>

"My Documents" is not a real folder. It is a junction that VISTA uses to
interface with legacy programs. The new name is just "Documents" and is under
User/<your user name>/.
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Paul


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> Nigel, I am the only user of both my computers; and I just right-clicked
> Documents in Windows Explorer, and shared.
> It works for me.
>
> "Nigel Molesworth" wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:44:02 -0700, PaulB
> > <PaulB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> > >I've never been able to share just the douments folder but you can share your
> > >user folder, which will allow access to documents and all else.
> >
> > My Documents folder is not a subfolder of Users.
> >
> > --
> > Nigel M
> >