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    Vista file sharing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by hehe299792458, Feb 29, 2008.

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    hehe299792458 Notebook Deity

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    My two Vista Ultimate computers on the network - a notebook with x64 and a desktop with x86 - can't share files with one another. I just reformatted the desktop, but configured it the same as before. Both the desktop and notebook and read and write to a NAS and 3rd XP Pro computer. Any ideas on how I might fix this?

    EDIT: I probably should mention that I can access the public folders on the Vista desktop, just not the drives I choose to share
     
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    Of course, you need network discovery and file sharing on, sharing permissions appropriately configured, and firewalls appropriately configured, right?
     
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    Yes, I turned all those things on.
     
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    Can you type \\yourcomputername in the Run box? What happens?
     
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