Jacob Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Hello I want to allow my partner to access my folders from her laptop wireless within our home. She uses vista and I Win7. I have done lots of searches and watched many videos but I am still not sure how to do it. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 This guide should make it fairly easy to understand :-http://www.officialwindowsmagazine.com/guides/windows-7/share-files-between-windows-vista-and-windows-7/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Thanks, I hope so. What is the correct term for wireless sharing of folders with other computers in your home, is it Local Area Network (LAN)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacob Posted September 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 3 Remember the name... Make sure Workgroup is selected and it says WORKGROUP in the box, or at least the same workgroup name, 'for each PC'. I don't get it, I am trying to create a new PC but all I end up doing is changing the name/workgroup of the current one. In Computer/Networks I still only have Computer (1), I am supposed to create the second Computer from my PC, via the instructions in the link, yes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacht Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 You arent creating anything actually. you should make sure that both computers are set to WORKGROUP in the workgroup box. Then go to say computer and on the left panel should be an option to browse the network. you should see WORKGROUP listed in there, when you go into that you should see any computers that you set to WORKGROUP in step 2. If you dont see one of them and they are set properly this is most likely due to some kind of firewall or security you are running on the computer that isnt showing up. That will have to either be turned off or removed or an exception added to the rules for filesharing which to be honest can be a pain. If I were you I would get a copy of win 7 to upgrade the vista computer and use homegroup as they made it as painless as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulelliott Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 hi! glad being here! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted September 24, 2011 Report Share Posted September 24, 2011 hi! glad being here! :P Glad you made it! Welcome. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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