Unable to share files in my LAN

dalchina said:

Thanks - what is odd, then, is the apparently truncated name 'DELL' in your screenshot. Is it possible you've typed it somewhere with a space?

I erased it from the original screenshot, that's why. Going back to your comment you said "Is that the exact name- or do names have spaces." I thought you meant that something in the naming of the computer was not compatible with file sharing. AFAIK as long as names are not the same there shouldn't be any conflict.
I temporarily installed Teamviewer in both machines and I was able to transfer files between them, which is what I wanted . But I'd like to use Windows native file sharing functionality instead. It seems though that it's not that simple, it requires tweaking.

Samuria said:

Start from beginning have you created shares on each pc? Have you set everyone to have access on the share?

YES to all

Samuria said:

Have you then set NTFS permission correct on the folder?

Not sure about that, but without doing anything the Public folders should be correctly configured for sharing by default.

Samuria said:

Windows does like _- in computer names

You mean that Windows does NOT like _ or - in computer names? Should I rename the computers without the "-"?

Samuria said:

The error is it can't find pc try connecting via IP \\192.168.1.5\sharename

Yes I tried that way and same error