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Insufficient permission to access drives in my WORKGROUP even tho I see them
I have a number of Windows 7 Home premium 64-bit computers set up in a Workgroup. Each computer has a static address assigned to it in the router. They are set up to allow netwrok discovery, sharing etc. in the Workgroup.
I have a desktop computer with 2 drives (C: and D:) that I can see -- i.e., see that there are such drives, not what's in them -- in my Network Neighborhood BUT not access. When I click on either drive, I gte a message "Windows cannot access //Office-pc/C: .You do not have permission to access this drive. Contact your network administrator to request access."
I can;t figure out what's possibly wrong. Please help me set up "permission" to access my own network drives.
Thanks.
I have a desktop computer with 2 drives (C: and D:) that I can see -- i.e., see that there are such drives, not what's in them -- in my Network Neighborhood BUT not access. When I click on either drive, I gte a message "Windows cannot access //Office-pc/C: .You do not have permission to access this drive. Contact your network administrator to request access."
I can;t figure out what's possibly wrong. Please help me set up "permission" to access my own network drives.
Thanks.
see below a nice video if you have different versions of windows
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Networking-home-computers-running-different-versions-of-Windows
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Homegroup doesn;t work for some reason -- never has.
Anyway, I prefer a workgroup because I don't want all the files on my laptop visible to everyone on the network so I don;t set them all to share. But I do want to be able to see/copy/change everything on my desktop "Office" computer from my laptop.
I never had a problem seeing these drives when the computers were both running XP Pro. It;s these darn "permissions" that seem to be causing my problems, at least based on the notice Windows gives me as to why I;m denied access.
Anyway, I prefer a workgroup because I don't want all the files on my laptop visible to everyone on the network so I don;t set them all to share. But I do want to be able to see/copy/change everything on my desktop "Office" computer from my laptop.
I never had a problem seeing these drives when the computers were both running XP Pro. It;s these darn "permissions" that seem to be causing my problems, at least based on the notice Windows gives me as to why I;m denied access.
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Jordanicn -- sounds promising, I just didn;t exactly understand what you're suggesting I do.
When you say "create a new User with the same access as the one you are using on the PC that will be sharing", I don;t know what you mean by "with the same access"?
Can u pls clarify?
Do you mean using the same user name as I use on my laptop?
Does it need the same password since my laptop is exclusive to me so it's not password-protected (it stays at home)? If so, is no password OK?
If not, what exactly do you mean?
Thanks!
When you say "create a new User with the same access as the one you are using on the PC that will be sharing", I don;t know what you mean by "with the same access"?
Can u pls clarify?
Do you mean using the same user name as I use on my laptop?
Does it need the same password since my laptop is exclusive to me so it's not password-protected (it stays at home)? If so, is no password OK?
If not, what exactly do you mean?
Thanks!
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Thanks! I'll try (everything is already in the same WORKGROUP.
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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/help/home-sweet-homegroup-networking-the-easy-way
best of luck