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Networking Windows 7

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nigelf1234 | 08:44 Wed 14th Oct 2015 | Computers
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I have a small peer to peer Network at the office (4 computers), using a mix of Windows XP and Windows 7. I am gradually replacing the XP machines with Windows 7, but I have a problem with the networking. The network is only for file sharing, there are no applications that run via the network. The XP machines share at root level, but I can only get the Windows 7 machines to share at directory level. Any ideas please? I am using Windows XP Professional with SP3 and Windows 7 Ultimate with SP1.
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When you say 'share at root level' are you referring to sharing a Hard Drive from the top level i.e. C:\ , where you can then access any file from the on that hard disk C: over the network?
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Yes that's correct. That's what I want to do & can do it in Windows XP fine.
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Hi that didn't work. I followed the instructions, but when I go to another machine & try & connect via explorer, it says V:/ is not accessible: access denied. Any ideas? I used everyone can read & write to drive, rather than individual PC's.
Try putting all your computers into the same Workgroup name, if not already done! If you don't this can potentially affect drive share security permissions.

A Useful article on this subject can be accessed at the link below. It also discusses the issue of sharing the root of a Drive.

There are other methods that can be used to setup shares and associated network access via a Command Prompt but before attempting that method you should be able to achieve the result as described in the link:-

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/share-files-with-someone#1TC=windows-7

Hope that helps.

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