Comments on: Filesharing between XP and Vista

By: Coop

Coop — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:04:18 +0000

This was a good article, thank you very much! FYI: once I shared my Vista files, I still couldn’t see them on the XP machine until I went to My Network Places and took off the Folders view in the left pane. The option to view workgroup computers was there and when I clicked on that, I saw the Vista computer. When I clicked on the Vista computer, it asked me for the Vista name & password (I chose password protected sharing on Vista). Once I put that in, I was in.

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:22:24 +0000

Sorry, I thought you mean XP. Go to ‘Network’ to see all computers in your home network

By: Lex

Lex — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:20:26 +0000

Go to ‘My Network Places’. You should see all folders shared on Vista machine

By: Nather

Nather — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:10:31 +0000

Um ok, I did all that, now where do I go to find the files on the Vista from my XP.

By: Lex

Lex — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:54:44 +0000

Hello,

It’s been metioned that if I want to share files between Windows XP and Vista guest account must be enabled on XP machine. I did not enabled any guest account on XP laptop (I work on administrator account). At the begining I couldn’t see Vista on XP for some reason, but few reboots helped.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:04:54 +0000

I followed the instructions but I cannot see the XP computer from the Vista. When I try to search for the XP it finds nothing. It was easy to search for new network places on XP but I cannot figure out how to on Vista.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

By: russ

russ — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:56:21 +0000

you need to set up a start up password and login name for xp then punch in that stuff when it asks you for the user and pass

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:32:29 +0000

this is good, but i dont understand how to get the XP machine to ‘discover’ the folder i have just shared. Where do I go on the XP machine to see the files/folder I have just shared on the Vista machine? If you could please email me the answer I would sure appreciate it. I have been working for hours on this. thanks

By: brad

brad — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:33:46 +0000

Says i dont have permission from xp.. wtf

By: kamal

kamal — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 09:14:40 +0000

not sobad