How to network share in Vista?

Rackerz · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:21

I've recently installed Vista, In XP I could share files over my network with other computers in the house (mostly my brothers) he is still set to share and is doing so correctly. I've set a folder on his computer to be shared however, I can't see it on my Vista install but I can on my XP install. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

Bomag · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:36

You are doing nothing wrong. It is Vista's noddy (and unclear) network system. You may need to set you network type from public to private, enable file sharing and, if you don't have a password on your XP account, disable force password protected accounts. All this can be done in the networking properties page. But as I stopped using Vista 6 months ago I cannot remember where.

quackers · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:37

you could always give everyone access to the share, that might help

Rackerz · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:42

Thanks for the tips, for some reason though Vista has decided, in typical Windows fashion to work after I spent a while trouble shooting. Thanks guys

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quackers · 6 Feb 2008 at 19:56

lol cant beat good old vista