[gui-talk] home network problem

[Steve Jacobson]

I find the thumb drive approach useful but a last resort.  Even dropbox is a more convenient approach if you share certain files consistently.  However, these 
solutions all result in storing multiple copies of files which can be useful in terms of backup but results in redundancy.  I can tell you for certain as I thought 
through this that I did copy a bunch of files through our network from a Windows XP machine to a Windows 7 laptop initiating the copy from the Windows 7 
machine.  As I say, you have to not be within the "home networking" branch of the network tree on the Windows 7 machine, you won't find the XP machine 
there because it can't use "home networking" which is a particular kind of network under Windows 7.  Obviously you will need to be sure that the folders 
are being shared that you want to see as well.  One of the frustrations I have had with networking on Windows is that sometimes it seems to take a few 
minutes after machines are booted up for all machines to be able to discover each other.  This means that when you change something, it may not have an 
immediate effect and you don't always know when you corrected a problem right away.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:15:35 -0700, Humberto Avila wrote:

>Yes, that is true, I can transfer files to a thumb drive. I just want to
>see how networking works and just to have something else in my toolbox as
>well. How about if my thumb drive is dead?

>-----Original Message-----
>From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 2:46 PM
>To: Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List
>Subject: Re: [gui-talk] home network problem

>Why not transfer files with a thumb drive?

>Mike Freeman
>sent from my iPhone


>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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