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From: dave_140390 on 22 Apr 2010 17:10 Hi, I have two computers at home: one PC with Windows XP Professional, another PC with Windows 7 Home Premium. Both PCs are connected to my ISP's cable modem via a switch. I would like to share a folder on Windows XP so Windows 7 could read the files in that folder. I have shared the directory on Windows XP to "Everyone". A hand appears under the shared folder, so sharing seems to work. The question is now: How do I access the shared folder from Windows 7? In Windows 7's, under File Manager's "Network", I can see only Windows 7 itself, not Windows XP. -- dave
From: Lem on 22 Apr 2010 17:50 dave_140390(a)hotmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have two computers at home: one PC with Windows XP Professional, > another PC with Windows 7 Home Premium. Both PCs are connected to my > ISP's cable modem via a switch. > > I would like to share a folder on Windows XP so Windows 7 could read > the files in that folder. > > I have shared the directory on Windows XP to "Everyone". A hand > appears under the shared folder, so sharing seems to work. > > The question is now: > How do I access the shared folder from Windows 7? > > In Windows 7's, under File Manager's "Network", I can see only Windows > 7 itself, not Windows XP. > > -- dave Connected via "a switch"? You have to create a network between the 2 computers. Perhaps you have. You present too little information to tell. See: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/Networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
From: Pegasus [MVP] on 22 Apr 2010 18:19 <dave_140390(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:3160fab3-a43e-4f2e-ba22-0a4cf9f0c639(a)k36g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I have two computers at home: one PC with Windows XP Professional, > another PC with Windows 7 Home Premium. Both PCs are connected to my > ISP's cable modem via a switch. > > I would like to share a folder on Windows XP so Windows 7 could read > the files in that folder. > > I have shared the directory on Windows XP to "Everyone". A hand > appears under the shared folder, so sharing seems to work. > > The question is now: > How do I access the shared folder from Windows 7? > > In Windows 7's, under File Manager's "Network", I can see only Windows > 7 itself, not Windows XP. > > -- dave - Can you ping the WinXP PC from the Windows 7 PC? - Dooes your Windows 7 logon account/password match a WinXP account/password? - What do you see when you type this command at the Windows 7 Command Prompt: net use Q: "\\WinXPName\ShareName"
From: dave_140390 on 23 Apr 2010 00:23 On Apr 23, 12:50 am, Lem <lemp40(a)unknownhost> wrote: > dave_140...(a)hotmail.com wrote: > > Hi, > > > I have two computers at home: one PC with Windows XP Professional, > > another PC with Windows 7 Home Premium. Both PCs are connected to my > > ISP's cable modem via a switch. > > > I would like to share a folder on Windows XP so Windows 7 could read > > the files in that folder. > > > I have shared the directory on Windows XP to "Everyone". A hand > > appears under the shared folder, so sharing seems to work. > > > The question is now: > > How do I access the shared folder from Windows 7? > > > In Windows 7's, under File Manager's "Network", I can see only Windows > > 7 itself, not Windows XP. > > > -- dave > > Connected via "a switch"? Yes. > You have to create a network between the 2 computers. Perhaps you have. > You present too little information to tell. Really? Well: * the switch is connected to the IPS's cable modem with an Ethernet cable * each of the two PCs is connected to the switch with an Ethernet cable The switch is D-Link DES-1005D. Each of the PCs can access the Internet with this setup. -- dave
From: dave_140390 on 23 Apr 2010 00:25
Hi, Thanks for your help. Here are the answers to your questions: > - Can you ping the WinXP PC from the Windows 7 PC? I can: C:\>ping 192.168.0.2 Pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 192.168.0.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms C:\> > - Dooes your Windows 7 logon account/password match a WinXP > account/password? No. > - What do you see when you type this command at the Windows 7 Command > Prompt: > net use Q: "\\WinXPName\ShareName" I am not sure what the correct syntax of this command would be. Given that I share directory C:\foo in the WinXP PC, should I enter: net use Q: "\\WinXPName\foo" or: net use Q: "\\WinXPName\c\foo" or one of the above without quotes? I tried all 4 syntaxes above, with the same result: An attempt was made to logon, but the network logon service was not started. -- dave |