Networking
@e.mccormick
The first screenshot: I have tried to access the other PC from the network folder. And the second: I have typed the IP address of the PC I want to access
Both are running on Windows 7
Well, it will nort come up in a web browser. It does not look like you have the sharing and or security set up properly.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/share-files-with-someone#1TC=windows-7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/file-sharing-essentials#1TC=windows-7 Take a look at those.
Tried it. Didn't work
Well, i thas to be either a permission or something like that. You are not allowing people to use he resource. What permissions did you set?
I set the permission so that everything is shared
On the share or on the drive or on both?
Both
Have you looked at the security properties for the share?
Simple sharing, checking the permissions, etc: http://www.home-network-help.com/file-sharing-in-windows-7.html More complex: http://www.howtogeek.com/school/windows-network-sharing/lesson7/all/ http://www.howtogeek.com/72718/how-to-understand-those-confusing-windows-7-fileshare-permissions/
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