[gui-talk] home network problem

[Steve Jacobson]

Ted,

I could be wrong as well, but I think you might be thinking of the "home networking" feature of Windows 7.  In many 
ways, it is a more secure and faster form of sharing files, but I believe that one can share files using the older network 
protocols.  I say that I could be wrong because I believe I did just this at one point but do not use that any longer.  If 
he is able to see his Windows 7 files on his XP machine but not the other way around, he is probably looking within 
the home networking option on his Windows 7 machine.  It seems to me I had to look at another branch of the 
network tree to find the XP files.  I just don't have more details but perhaps this will give someone else an idea of what 
to try, and I am not excluding the possibility that you are correct and I am wrong.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:13:20 -0400, Ted Shelly 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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