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Google Drive is incredibly convenient—powerful file syncing, real-time collaboration, and tight integration with Gmail and Google Workspace—but that ease of use can quickly turn into a privacy hazard if sharing and account controls are left on autopilot. A short security sweep right now can...

I have a notebook running Win 8.1 that cannot see share4d files on a Win 10 Pro 64 bit machine. The Win 10 machine CAN see files shared on the Win 8.1 machine. I have checked sharing and permissions, and can't seem to correct this. Any ideas what's wrong here? Thanx.

I recently upgraded a win7 computer on our lan to win10. now i find I cannot copy files from another computer on the net, winxp, to this new win10. previously I could and did, quite frequently. now the win10 computer tells me i need admin permissions. and the winxp computer tells me to...

Here's the setup on my home network: Win10 Machine A - Win 10 Pro, Automatically logs on Using a Local Account (In Netplwiz I Unchecked that users need to enter a User Name/PW and have an admin account automatically logging in). Win10 Machine B - Win 10 Pro, Normal Logon process with a...

Would like to find out why I cannot see a hard drive on another computer on my home network. Here is the background. I took and put a SSD as C: drive on a HP Pavilion and put that HD (ST750LM022 HN-M7) into the CD drive bay which makes the HD drive D:. Did the share of that drive, right click...

In my music app there 's no music, i 've added folders with music in the music library folder but nothing! It used to be okay i think! Its frustrating to have this app and no music in it to choose! Does it have anything to do with Network & sharing?

I want to be able to access the files on my external drive from my Android tablet. I have shared the external drive, and it does show up on my tablet, but when I open it on the tablet only one folder appears (and there are many folders and files on it), and when I open that one folder, only one...

I have a desktop running Win7 64 bit Professional, and a laptop with Win 7 32bit Ultimate. They are hooked up to a router (laptop wirelessly, desktop by LAN cable). Problem is, when I share folders on either, the other says "You do not have permission to access". I have modified the share...

I have two Windows 7 Ultimate computers and around 10 Windows XP (Home and Professional, SP2 and SP3) computers trying to connect to it. It's just a LAN (no internet access). I have set all of the password-protected sharing off on the Win 7 systems. I have tried opening up ALL of the...

[ Solved ] Making a Folder Public Edit: This may or may not be better suited in the Networking forums, if it should be there, could a mod move it please? Thanks. Is it possible to make a specific folder in my Win7 installation public? I already have network sharing set-up between my Desktop and...

Hello We are trying to get a computer with OP Windows XP to share files on a computer with OP Windows 7 This worked yesterday, then this morning it suddenly stopped working It keeps coming up with errors, like 'cannot connect to this drive' I have tried suggestions from many other posts - i.e...

Problem networking Desktop + Laptop Problem: Desktop can access laptop. Laptop cannot access desktop. Whether both are hard wired into the router, or just the desktop is. What I can do so far: Oddly enough, after going into the Network sharing center and turning off all PUBLIC sharing options...

Hi everyone, So I recently purchased another laptop, meaning I have two, and they are both on the same network. Now, my ideal situation would be to be able to share files between my two laptops, preferably with a password prompt, but with no one else on the network (being 4 other people). Right...

I have set up a wi-fi network. My laptop has Win 7 home basic version. My desk top runs on XP and is hard wired to the wi-fi router.. I have used a belkins G level wi-fi router... all the laptops and the desktop are able to access the internet... 1. My WIN7 laptop is able to access my...

I have a working local Laserprinter under 64bit Win7. Through LAN another Win7 computer is connected. The remote computer can access local shared folders successfully. But it cannot access the local laser printer (connected through USB). How can I share the local printer to other computers...

Environment: Desktop : Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop1 : Windows 7 Home Laptop2 : Windows 7 Ultimate Laptop1 can view and access the libraries on the Desktop. Laptop2 can see the libraries on the Desktop but can not access the folders. I'm not sure what to do here, I've tripple checked that...

Tonight discovered that my homegroup randomly and suddenly ceased to work, after working previously with no problems. After hours spent of my life I'm able to now leave the homegroup and start a new one, however I have a problem that continues to exist. On the Change Homegroup Settings page...

I cannot access one of my computers from another computer which is on the same network. The main computer is not wireless and has all my junk on it that I want my laptop to be able to access (music etc which is all stored on an external hard drive hooked up to the PC) When the PC is turned on, I...

In Windows 7 (home premium) I can't figure out how to share a folder with one computer on the network (as opposed to all the computers or the entire homegroup. First, I've turned off password protected sharing. When I try to share with specific people all I get in the local computer users...

Hi, This is probably simple enough, but I've Googled the topic to death with little success. I'm sharing a few folders between two computers (both Windows 7) on my home network. The folders are each set to be shared with "Everyone." Let's call the two computers/users Jack and Jill. What I'd...