Networking between 2 computers

It looks like you have not shared any folders on the laptop.

Share Files and Folders Over a Network - TenForumsTutorials

Denis

Rich,

I cannot see what is wrong.

I once put together a checklist of actions for creating a network. Perhaps going through that will reveal & correct the problem.
A consolidated network setup checklist [post #108] - TenForumsTutorials

Best of luck,
Denis

The proble is you are trying to share users folder these folders have special permissions on them so even if your on the pc you cant simply access other users folders. Share a folder outside the users profile when you share there are 2 things the share permissions and NTFS permission if they arnt set you get no where. by default users folder have strict ntfs permission

Samuria said:

The proble is you are trying to share users folder these folders have special permissions on them so even if your on the pc you cant simply access other users folders. Share a folder outside the users profile when you share there are 2 things the share permissions and NTFS permission if they arnt set you get no where. by default users folder have strict ntfs permission

I share my users folders amongst all my computers. Was there something specific you were thinking of that is not covered by my list?

Denis

RichSSc said:

Thanks, I will go through it later.
I have to say they don't make it easy!

Rich,

Yes. It's often awkward for people.

By the way, in response to that other post, I have just shared another subfolder of my user's folder successfully - both ways.
- I chose, for this experiment, C:\Users\%UserName%\3D objects
- I have never used, set up, shared or anything this folder before.
- I shared it using para 4 of my suggested procedure.
- It worked without any problems.
- I then did the same from the other computer and that also worked without any problems.

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I wrote that before seeing

RichSSc said:

Hi again,
Yes that worked, I can share an individual folder and it shows up in the 'network' on my desktop. I did this by right clicking and 'give access to' and also going properties - advanced properties and then ticking 'share'.
But also - even though I haven't changed anything, my folder inside my user folder called 'rjsca' now shows up in the User folder shown on my desktop and I can access it without it saying 'I don't have permission'
and the individual 'rjsca' folder is now accessible!
It really is a buggers muddle, there's no fathoming it!

I'm glad it has been resolved.

I use the procedure I linked you to every time I set a computer up. I have found it to be effective & dependable.

I think I benefit from having had a good network setup guide in about 2002 [by Belkin] and I have just built on that foundation ever since.

Denis