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How do I Setup small Network from XP laptop to Vista Desktop for a File Transfer?

Zones: Microsoft Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Operating Systems, Windows Vista

Tags: Microsoft Vista, Vista, Home Premium

I am trying to Transfer Documents and Settings from an XP laptop to a New Vista home Premium Desktop.
Instead of using the transfer cable, I have setup a mini network between the two computers. I can see both the computers on the network, and I have done EVERYTHING option imaginable as far as Allowing, and Permissions. on both the individual Folders and the entire C:\. Simple File sharing is turned ON, and I have shared EVERYTHING with EVERYONE. and made it a " Co-Owner" But I am still not being allowed to transfer files between the two.

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Question Asked By: sven3rd

Solution Provided By: martin_babarik

Participating Experts: 5

Solution Grade: B

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04.25.2008 at 10:49AM PDT, ID: 21441739

Rank: Master

martin_babarik:

Hi,
can you please go to command prompt on Vista machine and run the following command?
cacls folderpath
It will display the configured permissions, just paste it here and let me check it please.

Also - do you have share permissions configured correctly? (one is Share perms and another one NTFS perms).

Accepted Solution

04.25.2008 at 10:52AM PDT, ID: 21441782

JesterToo:

Have you set the "Workgroup" name on both machines to the same value and set the IP addresses to be in the same subnet such as "192.168.1.xxx" or "10.whatever" according to a matching subnet mask such as "255.255.255.0"?

04.25.2008 at 10:58AM PDT, ID: 21441835

sven3rd:

I have tried running the cacls folderpath
and I get nothing but a very quick flash on my screen and them nothing more..

And JesterToo, yes both machines have the same value, and the IP address have the same subnet mask

04.25.2008 at 10:59AM PDT, ID: 21441848

Rank: Master

martin_babarik:

You have to FIRST open command prompt (cmd.exe) and type the command there, not in the Start -> Run.

04.25.2008 at 11:02AM PDT, ID: 21441879

ttran40:

Is your XP laptop and Vista desktop connected to the same router? What is the ip address and subnet mask of the active network device of each machine? Can you ping each other? If you need detail steps for each test, please let us know.

The default gateway is not important since you are concerned with sharing resources within your network.

For two computers to share resources on a home network, the subnet mask must be identical, like JesterToo was posting.

04.25.2008 at 11:04AM PDT, ID: 21441895

ttran40:

For Command Prompt.

For Windows XP:
Click on Start/All Programs/Accessories/Command prompt

04.25.2008 at 11:31AM PDT, ID: 21442122

sven3rd:

I did, and yes both are on the same,

04.25.2008 at 11:38AM PDT, ID: 21442170

ttran40:

what is the ip address of each machine and its subnet mask?

Can you ping each machine?

For example, see screen capture.

ping.jpg (29 KB) (File Type Details)

Ping result indicating communication is possible.

04.25.2008 at 11:47AM PDT, ID: 21442251

sven3rd:

this is from the XP laptop.... Pinging the Vista Desktop
C:\Documents and Settings\karen rutledge>ping 192.168.10.11

Pinging 192.168.10.11 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.10.11: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.10.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

04.25.2008 at 11:52AM PDT, ID: 21442282

ttran40:

From your XP laptop, open My Computer.

Type in the address bar: "\\192.168.10.11

What do you see? Any error message?

MyComputer.jpg (17 KB) (File Type Details)

My Computer

04.25.2008 at 12:18PM PDT, ID: 21442486

Fatal_Exception:

Just in case, you may want to check out my page on P2P file sharing.. (BTW: I recommend you NOT use Simple File Sharing.. nothing simple about it..)

http://24.208.167.3/KipSolutions/P2PNetworks/TroubleshootingP2P.htm

I have not included Vista in this page yet, but it still may help you troubleshoot this issue... (Sharing is not that much different in Vista, but configuring it is... the principles are the same though)

FE

04.26.2008 at 03:02PM PDT, ID: 21446938

centerv:

from the xp machine
Start/ run and type in the following

\\Vista pc name\ and hit enter
see if that gives you access to the public folder
vista pc name being the name of the computer

20080236-EE-VQP-29 / EE_QW_2_20070628