[sportspeddler1]

Hi, I am having a lot of trouble getting my new Windows 7 laptop to recognize the main PC on my windows XP network. I had similar trouble with my first laptop that also had XP. I ended up having to map a network drive in order to be able to see files on the main PC. I also had to use the main PC ip address to be able to connect to the printer on the Main PC. Now, however, my new Windows 7 laptop will not see the Main PC files or Printers, even trying the "round about" way of mapping a network drive and using the ip address. I tried resetting all my shares to "everyone" with "full access" Turned off all my anti-virus and firewalls. Seems no matter what I do, when I try to access the main PC from my new Windows 7 laptop I get "You do not have permission to access \\MAINPC. Contact your network administrator to request access." I will never be able to understand why they can make everything so "point and click" but it takes a degree in computer science to set up a simple home network. Anyhow, I read somewhere that I might need to change my workgroup name. I would like to avoid that if possible. I dont want to take the chance of losing the access I currently have with my old laptop. Any help would be greatly appreciated as always.
Thank you

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hi you just follow these setps and solve you problem

Sharing folders between two Windows 7 machines with the new HomeGroup feature is an easy process, but the HomeGroup feature is not compatible with Vista or XP. For this tutorial we are using Windows 7 x64 RC1 and XP Professional SP3 connected through a basic Linksys home wireless router.

First make sure both machines are members of the same Workgroup which by default is named Workgroup.

workgroup

On the Windows 7 machine go into Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Network and Sharing Center then click on Change advanced sharing settings.

network and sharing

advanced

You will want to verify the following settings under Advanced Sharing Settings for the Home or Work and Public profile.

home or work settings

If you want any user to have access the public shares turn off password protection. This is located in Advanced Sharing Settings toward the bottom of the list.

turn off pw

If you want to keep it enabled make sure there is a log in account for the other XP machines and they have a password.

create pw

Now if you go into Network in Windows 7 you should see your XP machine and the Windows 7 as well which in this case is Mysticgeek-PC.

Explorer

To share the printer on the Windows 7 machine go into Devices and Printers from the Start menu and double click on the printer icon.

devices

Next double click on “Customize your printer”.

1 Printer

In the Properties screen click on the Sharing Tab and check the box to share the printer and type in its share name.

2 printer share

If your XP machine is an x86 OS you can install Additional Drivers before setting up the XP machine.

3 Printer add drivers

To find the shared folders and devices double click on the Windows 7 machine icon under Network. Here you can see the printer connected to my Windows 7 machine is shared and also the Users Folder.

shared device and users

Continue into the Users folder and Public to see the shared folders, here I also created a folder called XP Share just to keep everything in central location.

xpshare

Over on your XP machine open up My Network Places to find the Windows 7 (mysticgeek-pc) shared folder.

My Network Places

Double click on the Share folder to find a list of shared folders in the Public folder on Windows 7. If you have password protection enabled you will need to type in the username and password of the user account on the Windows 7 machine first.

[kristain]

hi you just follow these setps and solve you problem

Sharing folders between two Windows 7 machines with the new HomeGroup feature is an easy process, but the HomeGroup feature is not compatible with Vista or XP. For this tutorial we are using Windows 7 x64 RC1 and XP Professional SP3 connected through a basic Linksys home wireless router.

First make sure both machines are members of the same Workgroup which by default is named Workgroup.

workgroup

On the Windows 7 machine go into Control Panel \ All Control Panel Items \ Network and Sharing Center then click on Change advanced sharing settings.

network and sharing

advanced

You will want to verify the following settings under Advanced Sharing Settings for the Home or Work and Public profile.

home or work settings

If you want any user to have access the public shares turn off password protection. This is located in Advanced Sharing Settings toward the bottom of the list.

turn off pw

If you want to keep it enabled make sure there is a log in account for the other XP machines and they have a password.

create pw

Now if you go into Network in Windows 7 you should see your XP machine and the Windows 7 as well which in this case is Mysticgeek-PC.

Explorer

To share the printer on the Windows 7 machine go into Devices and Printers from the Start menu and double click on the printer icon.

devices

Next double click on “Customize your printer”.

1 Printer

In the Properties screen click on the Sharing Tab and check the box to share the printer and type in its share name.

2 printer share

If your XP machine is an x86 OS you can install Additional Drivers before setting up the XP machine.

3 Printer add drivers

To find the shared folders and devices double click on the Windows 7 machine icon under Network. Here you can see the printer connected to my Windows 7 machine is shared and also the Users Folder.

shared device and users

Continue into the Users folder and Public to see the shared folders, here I also created a folder called XP Share just to keep everything in central location.

xpshare

Over on your XP machine open up My Network Places to find the Windows 7 (mysticgeek-pc) shared folder.

My Network Places

Double click on the Share folder to find a list of shared folders in the Public folder on Windows 7. If you have password protection enabled you will need to type in the username and password of the user account on the Windows 7 machine first.

[sportspeddler1]

This article does not address the problem I am having. I am able to see and access the Windows 7 Laptop from my XP Desktop. I am NOT able to access the XP Desktop from my windows 7 Laptop. Most of the files I need to access as well as my printers are on the Windows XP Desktop. I am still getting the error message that I do not have permission to access \\MAINPC. Any other suggestions? If it helps, I have another XP laptop that i AM able to access from my new Windows 7 laptop.
Thank you,
Brad