I recently set up a second PC in my office so I can do things while I have a game client up without minimizing. Note I am a total fucking newb when it comes to this kind of thing. Anyway, I have Vista Prem running on my main PC and XP on my second. I have them plugged into the same router. I can surf the net on both PC's and TVersity that is installed on my second PC shows up under Network on Vista, but at first I couldn't see my second PC at all.
Recently my 2nd PC showed up under network. I have no clue why it does now and it didn't before, but whatever. However when I click on that PC on my main one, its asking me for a login/pass. I've tried varios combinations of my computer name and admin as a password, or no password (I don't have a password set), but it doesn't seem to be able to login. It keeps telling me incorrect login or password. What should I be putting in here, and can I disable it so I don't have to log in to file share between my two computers?
Networking 2 PC's with Vista and XP
Zaelath wrote:You need a password set on each account on each machine, preferrably w/ the same name. If they're also the same password then it won't ask *you* for a password because it will try the one it has cached, then ask if that fails.
To set up the shares, you need to do what I spelt out above for Aabi, then just share the folder, and click on the security settings button to set which users (you) are allowed to use it, then remove "everyone" (don't set everyone to denied because you are a subset of everyone...)
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