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    7 and XP router connection

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by lidl, Aug 27, 2010.

  1. lidl

    lidl Notebook Guru

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    I have Win7 (laptop) and XP (desktop). I connected them through my router (desktop is wired, laptop uses wifi).

    1. In XP, I can only see this path: LaptopUsername/Users/Public. I want to have access to whole HDD, how to do this?
    2. In 7, I can only see this path: //DesktopUsername and I can only see printers and SharedDocs folder. How to access whole HDD?

    Thanks!
     
    lidl, Aug 27, 2010
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    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    That's standard file sharing. It's got nothing to do with the differences between XP and 7. Just enable sharing on any folders you want to share.
     
    Pitabred, Aug 27, 2010
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    OK, I shared a folder on XP and I can access it from 7. However, it seems it does not work the other way around.
     
    lidl, Aug 27, 2010
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    Pitabred, Aug 27, 2010
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