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August 22nd 12, 11:05 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize
Char Jackson
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File Sharing Between XP & W7
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:25:16 -0400,
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I have had two desktops, installed with XP Pro, that are LAN'ed
together, and have file sharing working just fine between them.
They were created with a single user - 'administrator', with no
password. Both boot up non-stop of course, and always have.
Now I have another desktop installed with W7 Ultimate, and a laptop
installed with W7 Home, LAN'ed with the others. Both were created
with a named user (ME), without passwords.
I quickly discovered that while I could share XP folders and files on
the W7 machines, I could not do the reverse until I created a new
named user (ME) on the two XP desktops, and until I created the same
non-blank password on all four machines for that user.
Now sharing is fine. Of course, I have to login at boot on all
machines with the password, but I accept that as necessary.
Actually, both XP and 7 can be configured to auto login, in case
you're interested.
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