shared folders

I used to be able to access the shared folders of my Windows XP computer from my Windows 7 laptop, but not anymore. Printing also stopped working. The computers are connected through Powerline networking (running through the power cables). I can see the other computer in the Windows 7 explorer...

Hi all I have set-up a HomeGroup in my 2 computers network. One wired pc (Windows 7 x86) and 1 wireless laptop (Windows 7 x64) connected through a wireless Dlink router. How can I remove the old shared folders, which no longer exist, from the pc's homegroup. That's folders that had been...

Hello! I have two computers with windows 7. Desktop is connected through cable and laptop through wireless connection. I want to share files on desktop. So I have right-click on e: and y: on desktop and set them to be shared. I see them and I access them with my laptop except for +mp3...

I'm running Win7 on my laptop (Pavilion), wireless; have access to internet & my home server. My desktop (Acer) is running Vista; network printer is connected to desktop; the desktop machine can access the internet, and my laptop, and my home server. From my laptop I can ping my desktop by...

Now that you've gotten either Windows or Ubuntu - or both - installed in VirtualBox it's time to go further. This article - the second in the series on virtual machines - will teach you how to restoring virtual machines, integrate your mouse (and other guest additions), and even how to create...

Hi, I'm having problems getting windows7 and xp to network. I've searched and tried most solutions that have worked for others but still having problems. I have 2 xp (32bit) laptops, wireless connection. 1 Win7 (64bit) Desktop direct connect to wireless router (WGT624v3 firmware...

Ok I have 3 Pc's running Win 7 Premium. A laptop, a gaming pc and a media center pc. I have gone through each computer and shared my documents so i can move around video files/pictures/music to any pc from any pc, but for some reason I can't do it between all of the pc's. I can see the...

I have a server (windows server 2003) that has shared folders on it and also handles internet and dhcp. there are 21 computers connected to the network all ranging in OS from mac os 10, xp pro, and many different versions of vista. all the computers use the same user name and password to...

I'm hoping someone can demystify my issue here. Scenario: - I have a file server running on Windows XP Pro we'll call it XPServer - I have two windows 7 Pro PC's, that we'll call 7Office and 7HTPC. It took me a bit to figure it out, but the windows 7 help file told me in order to call a shared...

win7 on my laptop can access remote desktop on my xp server. i then installed win7 on my server. then without doing anything to win7 on the server i can connect for about 5 seconds then it times out. It will only stay connected for a few seconds. the remote desktop screen goes black, and...

Hello, At past, I had two machines running on windows xp with share folders connected with a router 'BRL-04UR'. Recently, one of the os has been changed to windows 7 and another remains windows xp. Howerver, when I want to setup the share folder, I find problems. At windows 7 machine, it can...

I have my 7 cp connected to my xp pc and they are on the same work group. I can connect through windows media player but when i go under networks it is in media devices along with my xbox 360. how to i make it so i can browse shared folders and share printers? i have tried using this recourse...

Have two computers, one is a tablet running Vista on a domain network, the other is my desktop running W7 on a home private network. I was FINALLY able to connect to my Desktop shares but only by typing the IP address of the Desktop shared folder from the Vista tablet. Both computers can see...

I am having problems Setting up Password Protected Folders on a Home network.. Hoping someone here might be able to Answer a Few Q's. Info: I have 4 Pc's Acer Aspire Laptop (win7)/ Custom made XFX game Boxes(Win7) / x2 Old Dell Boxes (XP pro) All 4 are connected by cat5 to a Linksys 5-port...

I had a running network with XP being my main computer. After upgrading to Win 7 my shares are not accessible. There is one thing that I do on my home network I don't use any passwords for my user accounts. So if my main computer running vista has the main user/administrator called John, then I...

I am unable to create a completely open network between multiple computers running Win7, Vista and XP on a simple Workgroup network? I need all devices (hardrives, DVD, CD, etc…) available to all machines without any restrictions (not just the Public Directory). It was working fine until...

I just loaded my desktop machine with Win7. While it was an XP machine I was able to share with all computers including Macs in my house by setting everyone to the same WORKGROUP. I connect the desktop to a WiFi router via Ethernet cable and all others connect via WiFi. I have turned on file...

I have two computers, computer A and Computer B, both with windows 7. Folder A is on the hard drive on Computer A. Folder B is on the hardrive on computer B. The computers are networked. Before the first time sync the contents of computer A folder A is say a b c d e Before the first time...

hello, i have 15 pc in my network... when i create a shared folder in my main pc. i cant see this folder other pcs. if i reconnect data cable i can see all network but if i restart computer i cant see shared folders again. i used windows 7 64 bit ultimate all computers: amd athlon 7750...

I am running 2 PC's with Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit. In explorer both list each other but cannot access shared folders. In Homegroup both say ther is no homegroup on the network . Both have the newtork set to Home. I also have a Vista Ultimate 64 bit PC which can see both Windows 7 PC's and they...