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    Help Sharing Files

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by usapatriot, Jun 28, 2009.

  1. usapatriot

    usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Hello everyone, I just got my first Vista equipped laptop and I'm trying to set up file sharing between Vista and my XP desktop machine. I can happily copy things over from my laptop to my desktop, but not from my desktop to my laptop. The only way I can do it is to enable public folder sharing but that exposes that folder to anyone on any network I'm on, not something I want to do. I just want to give XP access to share files with my Vista machine on MY network and not have my machine exposed on any other network.
     
    usapatriot, Jun 28, 2009
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    Have you read any of the XP-Vista file sharing and print sharing threads/websites? I don't want to waste your time if you've already done the research.
     
    kegobeer, Jun 28, 2009
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