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Internet & Networking => Networking => Topic started by: Feenix on January 31, 2015, 03:25:06 PM
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Hi.
Ive been trying to share files between my windows 8 x64 laptop and my windows xp x86 desktop. They are on the same workgroup, both computers can see and ping eachother, and my windows 8 machine is sharing a printer from the xp machine. The windows 8 machine does not appear in My Network Places on the xp machine however, and when I go to access the windows 8 machine from the workgroup map on xp, it asks me for a password. This is particularly strange as I dont use a password on either machine, so there is no password! I do NOT want to resort to using OneDrive unless absolutely necessary.
If anyone could give me a hand with this, I would be grateful.
Cheers :)
Feenix
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Sharing files between windows 7 and windows XP
You must have file sharing sharing turned on. Try shearing a small folder. In windows XP there is a folder called 'shared documents' and you can set it for sharing on the network. Set up a user that has a password. Use that to log into the windows 7 computer.
For more info, here is a link:
Sharing files between windows 7 and windows XP (http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/sharing-files-between-a-windows-xp-pc-and-a/86ad5a72-19db-4dab-8040-802fb585673b)
This has been covered before on CH forum.
Earlier posts about Windows 7 and XP file sharing. (http://www.computerhope.com/search2.htm?cx=partner-pub-3999293766533555%3Aelr5q296e0z&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=sharing%20files%20between%20windows%207%20and%20windows%20xp)
Does that help?
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Hi
Was looking for help with windows 8/xp rather than windows 7/xp. Didnt have a problem with windows 7/xp, just windows 8 being a pain...
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My bad. Somehow I thought you were ruing windows 7.
The link below is a more broad coverage of the issue.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sharing-files-printers-help#sharing-files-and-printers=windows-xp&v1h=win81tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab1
If all the PCs on your network are running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows RT 8.1, we recommend creating a homegroup instead of using this tutorial. It gives you a much easier way to share files and printers on a home network. For a step-by-step tutorial on creating and using a homegroup, see HomeGroup from start to finish.
HomeGroup from start to finish (http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/homegroup-help#homegroup-start-to-finish=windows-81&v1h=win81tab1&v2h=win7tab1)
So that should cover all the different issues. Bit I have not done it myself. Please let me know if that is the final solution. :)
Forgot to mention. The link below is specific to Windows XP.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sharing-files-printers-help#sharing-files-and-printers=windows-xp&v1h=win81tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1&v4h=winxptab2
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Cheers, Geek 9pm - I will check it out. :)