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Sharing files
I've tried looking on the web for how to do this, but come up dry.
Here's the situation. I have a laptop, which has one account on it, under my name (Alice). Spouse has just got a desktop computer, again with one account on it (Bob). I'm trying to share files across our wireless network - we can both access the network, but file sharing doesn't work because although we can each see each other's shared folders, it keeps telling us that we don't have permission to access them. This is despite the fact that when I set up my files to share, I allowed access to everyone. We're working on Vista if that's relevant - any help appreciated!
Here's the situation. I have a laptop, which has one account on it, under my name (Alice). Spouse has just got a desktop computer, again with one account on it (Bob). I'm trying to share files across our wireless network - we can both access the network, but file sharing doesn't work because although we can each see each other's shared folders, it keeps telling us that we don't have permission to access them. This is despite the fact that when I set up my files to share, I allowed access to everyone. We're working on Vista if that's relevant - any help appreciated!
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- it should be ... but it's not
first you both need accounts on each other's machines
the id and password should be exactly he same on both machines
.... did I mention for secure access - both accounts should be password protected?
once that's done
see
http://www.home-network-help.com/simple-file-s haring.html
or for the grown-up options
http://www.home-network-help.com/vista-file-sh aring.html
- it should be ... but it's not
first you both need accounts on each other's machines
the id and password should be exactly he same on both machines
.... did I mention for secure access - both accounts should be password protected?
once that's done
see
http://www.home-network-help.com/simple-file-s haring.html
or for the grown-up options
http://www.home-network-help.com/vista-file-sh aring.html