"Stewart" wrote in message ...


Please excuse if this dealt with already but I cannot get a simple answer to
my problem.
I bought a new desktop one month ago running windows 7 with a 64 bit
processor.
I also have a laptop running windows 7 but with a 32 bit processor.
I have tried all I can think of to get the 2 to interconnect but no great
success. The desktop is wired to the router and the laptop uses wireless.
I can get the machine to recognise each other and to access the public
folders but not the personal ones. If I go to "NetworkSTEWARTUsers" then
the only 2 available are "Default" and "Public"
obviously I can transfer any folders I want from Stewart to Public and
access them from there but that is just as tedious as copying them to a
flash memory stick or copying to my external hard drive. Note that I cannot
get IPv6 activated so do not want to use Homegroup but Workgroup.
Can anyone tell me how to make my name replace the "Default" or "Public"
user?
Thank you


1. Ensure both machines have the same windows logon usernames.
-ie. if pc1 is Tom and pc2 is Jerry...ensure pc1 has a Jerry profile and pc2 has a Tom profile
- the common profile on the other machine can be a Standard user
2. Ensure both pc's have the same Workgroup
3. Ensure at least one folder is shared on each machine
4. Ensure any folders that you wish to transfer data to on the destination machine is also shared



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