[gghartman]

am doing this for a client and this sharing has got me stumped. ive done everything m.s. sites says and still i get access permission errors on the xp when trying to access the vista. i can see the vista owners folder as well as the public.

i have my main machine being xp pro - other machine is vista business. trying to setup file sharing between both machines. the vista machine can see and access all the shared folders i have set on the xp machine with no problems. problems is trying to access the vista c:\users\owner\mydocuments i keep getting a permissions error when accessing from the xp pro machine.

i have set the shares i believe correctly on the vista machine. i do not have specific users defined on the vista and i dont want that. basically what i am trying to do is copy files from my xp machine to the vista c:\users\owner\mydocs folder

if i copy from the xp to the public share folder i have no problem but i want to copy directly to the c:\users\owner\mydocs folder.

suggestions please.

[DaveA]

The "My Documents" sub folder is for "machine" use only. It is a carry over for those who have up graded from XP.

Try doing what you been trying but use the "C:\User\(username)\Documents" path.

There is NO "MY" in and of the new user folders.

[harterpc]

vista will not allow any of my xp boxes access to shares but WILL allow printing. it all started with sp1 rtm. any help appreciated.

[DaveA]

What have you defined as your file shares?
Also check out the Firewall settings on the Vista machine(s)!

[harterpc]

sharing a storage drive/firewall's off

[DaveA]

Most firewalls can NOT be completely turned OFF. What firewall and other protection software are you running?

[harterpc]

vista firewall (off) and avg antivirus