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    Setting up home network ?

    Ya ya I know its real easy.... till you try....

    I have a desktop on Vista and a laptop on Win 7.
    The desktop is connected directly to the router and the laptop is
    wireless..

    Anyhow, before I get to the nitty gritty, a question or two.

    Do I do the setup from one machine or the other, or on both ?

    Now, what is the easiest way to do this ?

    Thanks

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    Setting up your network can be be quite easy. Then again you might run into a stuborn device that resist accepting the settings you assign. Since this operation is accomplished rarely in my case, I keep a set of instructions bookmarked on my browser. My choice is provided here.
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    The 5 easy steps got a little confusing in that it ref Win 7, but not the Vista side....

    Anyone got 2 easy steps

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    The network is working, in that I can see the other computer, however I only see the "public" user ....

    I had set up a "workgroup" for each, not sure how that fits in.

    1) how do I give/get permissions to view the other user folders.

    2) how does workgroup fit into this.

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    Sorry Cowboy. I no longer use Windows so I can't experiment to find the answer. I do believe that it was a mistake to setup each computer in its own workgroup. I would think about setting them up on a single workgroup.

    Before you do that - review the below utilities. One or more may solve your problem.

    http://majorgeeks.com/Karens_LAN_Monitor_d6239.html

    http://majorgeeks.com/NetSetMan_d5135.html


    http://majorgeeks.com/The_Dude_d5130.html


    http://majorgeeks.com/Hamachi_d5298.html
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    OK
    the network is set up i.e. I can see the other PC and "a" user....
    but not all.

    Looking from Vista to Win7 I see one of the users listed (who is locked) but I don't see the other one that is there ???

    p.s. when on the vista machine and if I go to computer > C:users I don't see that user there either ?
    It certainly exists, since I log onto it and use it.

    Any ideas ?

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    add the same user on each workstation. then try to access it by going to start run and typing \\computer name (whatever you named the pc).



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    Round and round ,

    Update, the network works, I can see both computers, but the only thing I can access is the Public area, on both, in both directions.

    I have gone into both PC's and turned on the sharing options (in every place that I see and set to "everyone" ) at the user level and individual folders like Documents.

    Summary: I've turned everthing to share, I can see the "users" listed under the Network, but when I try to access it say permission denied......

    Any Ideas ?

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    Friendly Neighborhood Super Moderator phishhead's Avatar
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    did you try adding the same user on all machines or same admin password for all of them. then just try accessing them by the run>>>\\computerA then using the admin and the password.



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