jcgodber Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 WIN 7 to XP NETWORKING help! I am trying to access my "D" drive on my networked Windows 7 Pro computer FROM my networked Windows XP Professional computer both are on Home group. I can access my XP computer from window 7 computers but I cannot access window 7 from Xp Both computers have password turned off. My XP computer denies access as they say I do not have the needed "administration permissions" However I have checked all the boxes for share and PERMISSIONS. I would be very appreciative if anyone can point me in the right direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandrinstar Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I use some mixes of Computors,all a bit iffy to me,so i just download Firefox, that seems to pick up all the glitches you mention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I use some mixes of Computors,all a bit iffy to me,so i just download Firefox, that seems to pick up all the glitches you mention... Why would FF sort out glitches in homegroup networking and sharing ? OP, I had the same issue, I gave up in the end, all my PCs/netbooks/laptops are running win7 now, it all just "works". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Configure Windows 7 advanced sharing settings as follows: - Turn on network discovery - Turn on file and printer sharing - Use 128-bit encryption - Turn off password sharing Then add the "Everyone" group in NTFS permissions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 FWIW, I don't use any Home Group features in Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandrinstar Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Mr Spoonman, ive no idea,but it does put some things back i cant otherwise find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpling Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) I set up a network for a friend and we came across the same problems when trying to get these os to communicate, after hours a simple restart of both computers magically cured the problem all files and folders accessible by both computers(of course network setup complete which it sounds like you have done ). Also some very good tutorials on youtube aimed at this problem , hope this helps good luck. Edited May 22, 2011 by dumpling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalhort Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 We had the same problem last year when my son installed Win7. All other PCs are on XP. In Win7 you have to leave the homegroup and disable the homegroup service since the homegroup only works with other Win7 PCs! After this is done you can set up a group with a different name. The attached doc file explains how it is done. I got this one from askvg.com/how-to-disable-homegroup.... I also printed an important file from the MS knowledge base which explains everything (it is easy) but I did not save the file or the link. The title in the print-out is: Windows 7 Net5work printing problems, Set up file/printer sharing. I tried to find the article but no luck. Homegroup_delete1.doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opalhort Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Since I can't find the article online I just scanned my print-out with all my notes. We followed the instructions exactly and now everything is working. We did set up a new work-group under the name HOME (note: without the word group as part of the name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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