[WIN7] network sharing

Madengineer · 14th July 2012, 2:47 PM

I'm once again having problems with networking these damn operating systems!

2 PCs (One PC one laptop)

From laptop End (Vista Home premium 64bit)
I get the error windows cannot access etc Drive is available but the user account you logged on with was denied access.

From the Windows 7 end (PC) it asks to enter network password.......

Really irritating!

Can anybody help?

Cheers

Tenoq · 19th July 2012, 5:54 PM

Set both machines to a Home or Work network.
Network discovery ON, file and printer sharing ON.
Either create identical user accounts on both PCs with same passwords; OR disable password-protected sharing.
Make sure sharing is enabled in the Network and Sharing Center
Make sure the folders you are sharing are shared with the appropriate users for option 1 above, or shared with everyone for option 2 (no passwords)
Finally, ensure the folder you are sharing doesn't have special file/folder permissions (ie, User directory, Program Files, Windows, etc)
(if above is true, you can override by modifying the security settings on the that file/folder, but make sure you know what you're doing)

If the above doesn't work, you've broken something/fiddled too much/have a third-party firewall installed. Try switching to a Work network if you're using a Home network, as this will "reset" some of the sharing/firewall settings for Windows.

EDIT: as an update, both errors you're getting are caused by using password-protected sharing but NOT using the correct usernames/passwords.

19th July 2012, 5:54 PM	#2
Tenoq Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3,672	Set both machines to a Home or Work network. Network discovery ON, file and printer sharing ON. Either create identical user accounts on both PCs with same passwords; OR disable password-protected sharing. Make sure sharing is enabled in the Network and Sharing Center Make sure the folders you are sharing are shared with the appropriate users for option 1 above, or shared with everyone for option 2 (no passwords) Finally, ensure the folder you are sharing doesn't have special file/folder permissions (ie, User directory, Program Files, Windows, etc) (if above is true, you can override by modifying the security settings on the that file/folder, but make sure you know what you're doing) If the above doesn't work, you've broken something/fiddled too much/have a third-party firewall installed. Try switching to a Work network if you're using a Home network, as this will "reset" some of the sharing/firewall settings for Windows. EDIT: as an update, both errors you're getting are caused by using password-protected sharing but NOT using the correct usernames/passwords. __________________ Successful traders: MANY! Last edited by Tenoq; 19th July 2012 at 5:59 PM.