File Sharing

I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
installing Windows 7 on all the machines?

"Shoe" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
> desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
> can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
> have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
> XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
> in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
> computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
> installing Windows 7 on all the machines?

No you need workgroup.
Home group only works with all computers on the network using WIN 7

Shoe <> wrote:

>I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
>desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
>can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
>have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
>XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
>in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
>computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
>installing Windows 7 on all the machines?


There still are folder/file-sharing settings in Windows Explorer's
Properties dialogs. I see no reason to use the Windows 7-specific
features for controlling file sharing, on any home-network setup.

--
Joel Crump

"Shoe" <> wrote in message news:...
> I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
> desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
> can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
> have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
> XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
> in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
> computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
> installing Windows 7 on all the machines?

This may offer some helpful information.

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/wi...indows/?p=1910
How do I make Windows 7 HomeGroup content accessible to Vista and XP?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

Windows 7 & HomeGroup: Sharing with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and other operating systems.



-Michael

On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:51:07 -0500, "MICHAEL"
<> wrote:

>"Shoe" <> wrote in message news:...
>> I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
>> desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
>> can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
>> have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
>> XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
>> in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
>> computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
>> installing Windows 7 on all the machines?
>
>This may offer some helpful information.
>
>http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/wi...indows/?p=1910
>How do I make Windows 7 HomeGroup content accessible to Vista and XP?
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>Windows 7 & HomeGroup: Sharing with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and other operating systems.
>
>
>
>-Michael
Great information, I'm working on setting this up now. Thanks.

One suggestion that worked for me:
Open Library (windows Explorer) -click on the folder you want to share
(I.e. documents), right click and select "Share with", Select "specific
People", Type Everyone on the add field, click ADD, the click on share .
That resolved my problems. I did in all my Windows 7 machines.

mac

"Shoe" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have two desktops and a laptop on my home network. One of the
> desktops has Windows 7 Home Premium, the other two have XP, SP3. I
> can access files on the other machines from the Windows 7 machine, but
> have not been able to access files on the Windows 7 machine from the
> XP computers. It looks like Homegroup is the only way to file share
> in Windows 7 and, of course, I can't use Homegroup on the XP
> computers. Is there a way to set up file sharing other than
> installing Windows 7 on all the machines?