File sharing in vista

Everything in the Network and Security has been double checked. I am just baffled and hope someone can tell me what stupid this is wrong. I never had this much trouble with XP.

Thursday, September 10, PM. Sorry for the delay, too many personal problems. Is that enough for a share name or should it be more? Should the identical name be used for both PCs or should they reflect the PC name? Saturday, October 3, PM. I would give it a meaningful name that is instantly recognised when listed. Sunday, October 4, AM. I use it for work and always want the files within this folder to be identical on the two computers. The problem is that the other computer will usually show up when I am looking at the network.

But when I click on it to access the files it says:. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click diagnose. Please Help. Windows 7 home editions or any home do not support joining domains. Thus the button is grayed out. Great tutorial, I have a laptop running 7 that exists on a work domain it is primarily a work laptop. My personal laptop is running Vista and needless to say I would like to keep it off of the domain.

Is there a possible work-around for this case? Thanks for any help you might have. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Trouble: Have you been facing issues in file sharing between Windows 7 and Windows Vista? Fix: To enable File sharing between windows computers you need to take care of two key things: 1. Share things with nearby devices in Windows Share files in File Explorer.

Make a Wi-Fi network public or private in Windows Fix network connection issues in Windows. Windows 10 More How do I tell which files or folders I've shared over a network? Open Windows Update Make sure the computers are on the same network. Turn on network discovery and file and printer sharing, and turn off password protected sharing. Make sharing services start automatically. Need more help? Join the discussion. Was this information helpful? Yes No. Thank you! Any more feedback?

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