[gui-talk] home network problem

[Mike Freeman]

Why not transfer files with a thumb drive?

Mike Freeman
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On Aug 21, 2011, at 12:13, Ted Shelly <tshelly at optonline.net> wrote:

> Well, if that's the situation you have then I can't help, because as far as
> I have been able to determine, what you describe is not possible.  Like I
> said, my research on this showed that it is not possible for an XP machine
> to see resources on a Win 7 machine.  But I've been wrong before...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:25 PM
> To: 'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] home network problem
> 
> Can you please give me more details about this? I think my problem is that I
> can't connect my windows 7 laptop to my xp machine, but  my windows xp
> machine does display the files and folders on my windows 7 laptop just fine.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Ted Shelly
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 6:38 AM
> To: 'Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] home network problem
> 
> You can't connect from an XP machine to your Windows 7 machine using Windows
> networking.  I tried finding a solution some time ago and found that
> Microsoft doesn't support it at all.  There may or may not be third-party
> tools to do it, I never investigated it.
> 
> However, you can connect from the Windows 7 machine back to the  XP machine.
> Your Windows 7 machine should be able to see the rives and other resources
> on the XP machine with no problem.  You can also set up remote desktop to
> connect from XP to Windows 7 or vice-versa.  What you can't do  is share
> drives and other resources that are on your Windows 7 machine from the XP
> machine.
> 
> I know it sounds complicated, but if you're interested I can try to provide
> more details.
> 
> Ted 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Humberto Avila
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:28 AM
> To: gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [gui-talk] home network problem
> 
> Hello computer users,
> 
> I'm trying to connect my windows xp PC and my windows 7 laptop together on
> my home network. the problem is that my windows XP desktop computer can see
> my windows 7 laptop (after I typed in the password), but my windows 7 laptop
> can not see my windows xp machine. I tried doing everything I could possibly
> do. I tried using the network setup wizard, using the wireless network
> wizard, and digging into mazes to find a solution, but it doesn't work. Do
> any of you guys know how to fix this?
> 
> My windows XP is a windows xp service pack 3, and runs JAWS version 12.
> My windows 7 laptop is a home premium 64-bit. and also runs JAWS version 12.
> Any tips?
> 
> thanks,
> Humberto
> 
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