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 File
sharing between Windows XP and a Vista computer
By
JBagley
Seems there are a number of people having
problems sharing files between their Windows XP and Windows Vista computers. Me
included. So after some research and playing around, I have finally worked out
how to share my Vista files so that XP users can access them.
First things first
With the release of Vista, the default workgroup
is MSHOME, not WORKGROUP like it is in XP. So make sure both PC’s are on the
same workgroup before attempting to share files between XP and Vista.
In XP, go to Control Panel > System. Then on the
“Computer Name” tab, click the change button, and edit the workgroup to be the
same as Vista (MSHOME).
On the Vista machine
- First go to the Network and Sharing Centre and
make sure you have file sharing turned on. Having your network set
to Private
also helps.
- Then go to the folder you want to share and
Right-click on the file to bring a menu up >
Choose Properties > Then Sharing. Click on
Advanced Sharing.
More details on
how to share a file.
- Click the Share this folder check
box, and then click Permissions.
- The Permission window should open.
- Click on add
to add a user. Then type in guest in the textbox that
says Enter
the object names to select.
- Click Check Names which should then find
Vista’s guest account and prefix your PC’s name in this format:
YourComputerName\guest.
- Click Ok to go back to the
Permissions window.
- You should now have the Guest account under
group or users names.
- Highlight the guest account and give it the relevant
permissions. (Full control, Change or Read)
- Click Ok and your done!
This is how simple file
sharing worked between Windows XP computers , and now you can have it enabled for Vista
too!
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For those more experienced users - it’s the
guest account that needs to be enabled to allow simple file sharing between XP
and Vista.
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Author
This article was provided by
JBagley
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