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turn off the need password to connect to folders if there is not need for security jsut make them part of the same group if there is no domain and allo shared access to everyone permissions on the windows 7 machine or on the windows server <br />

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turn off the need password to connect to folders if there is not need for security jsut make them part of the same group if there is no domain and allo shared access to everyone permissions on the windows 7 machine or on the windows server


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This is what we ended up doing - setting username/password.<br />
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Originally I'd turned off the need for passwords on the Win7 systems but was not able to confirm if this worked or not (as there were 3 people working on the same systems all at the same time dealing with this issue!!) &nbsp;Arrrgggghhhh.
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This is what we ended up doing - setting username/password.

Originally I'd turned off the need for passwords on the Win7 systems but was not able to confirm if this worked or not (as there were 3 people working on the same systems all at the same time dealing with this issue!!)  Arrrgggghhhh.

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Small network - introduced 6 new Win7 Home Premium machines.<br />
Now can't access files on the new machines.<br />
One important machine unchanged is a Windows Server system.<br />
No domain I believe.<br />
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How to share files on this network reliably without post-config fuss?
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Small network - introduced 6 new Win7 Home Premium machines.
Now can't access files on the new machines.
One important machine unchanged is a Windows Server system.
No domain I believe.

How to share files on this network reliably without post-config fuss?

Share files on Win7 Home Premium in mixed Workgroup

Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

Windows 7

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents or electronic books. Common methods of storage, transmission and dispersion include manual sharing utilizing removable media, centralized servers on computer networks, World Wide Web-based hyperlinked documents, distributed peer-to-peer networking (P2P) and cloud-based file syncing.