I've been struggling for ages to network my main PC with my netbook and need a bit of help if poss....
My setup is as follows:
- Main PC on 3rd floor of house (running 64-bit Windows 7 Home)
- Samsung NC10 Netbook (generally in the living room downstairs but sometimes in the bedroom on the 2nd floor) - running Windows XP Home
The main PC is connected to the ADSL router in the living room via my homeplugs and then the netbook is connected via Wi-Fi.
I've been struggling to get the two machines to even see each other, let alone browse and share files..... until last night!
I made sure that both machines were in the same network called "Workgroup" (obviously W7 has homegroups but XP doesnt so no easy solution there!)
Anyway, I've finally managed to get them to share folders but the only way I can do this is to enable sharing access to "Everyone" on my PC and to disable password protected sharing. Ideally I want to password protect both machines but cant find a way to do it!?!? (obviously I can enable the option in the network and sharing centre but I dont know how to allocate a user ID or password to the other machine!)
Anyone got any tips and/or a simple walkthrough of how to set this up??
Thanks muchly......
StevieP
My setup is as follows:
- Main PC on 3rd floor of house (running 64-bit Windows 7 Home)
- Samsung NC10 Netbook (generally in the living room downstairs but sometimes in the bedroom on the 2nd floor) - running Windows XP Home
The main PC is connected to the ADSL router in the living room via my homeplugs and then the netbook is connected via Wi-Fi.
I've been struggling to get the two machines to even see each other, let alone browse and share files..... until last night!
I made sure that both machines were in the same network called "Workgroup" (obviously W7 has homegroups but XP doesnt so no easy solution there!)
Anyway, I've finally managed to get them to share folders but the only way I can do this is to enable sharing access to "Everyone" on my PC and to disable password protected sharing. Ideally I want to password protect both machines but cant find a way to do it!?!? (obviously I can enable the option in the network and sharing centre but I dont know how to allocate a user ID or password to the other machine!)
Anyone got any tips and/or a simple walkthrough of how to set this up??
Thanks muchly......
StevieP
