Access Win 7 folders from XP?

[jw@eldorado.com]

I have a Windows 7 machine networked to a XP (SP3) machine.
I have the entire boot (C) drive set up as shared right now on both
machines. Both machines are in same Workgroup.
I can display the said main folders (C drive) in 'network places' on
both machines.
I can copy/move folders/files from anything on the Windows 7 machine
to anywhere on the XP machine, but cannot do same in reverse.
One exception is that I can copy/move folders from anything on the XP
machine to the Users\public folder on the Windows 7 machine.
This is workable, but is this the way sharing is supposed to work
insofar as sharing is concerned between XP and Windows 7?

Thanks

Duke

 

[Char Jackson]

On Sun, 04 Jul 2010 13:10:22 -0400, jw@eldorado.com wrote:

>I have a Windows 7 machine networked to a XP (SP3) machine.
>I have the entire boot (C) drive set up as shared right now on both
>machines. Both machines are in same Workgroup.
>I can display the said main folders (C drive) in 'network places' on
>both machines.
>I can copy/move folders/files from anything on the Windows 7 machine
>to anywhere on the XP machine, but cannot do same in reverse.
>One exception is that I can copy/move folders from anything on the XP
>machine to the Users\public folder on the Windows 7 machine.
>This is workable, but is this the way sharing is supposed to work
>insofar as sharing is concerned between XP and Windows 7?

To me, it sounds like a permission problem. Have you double checked?

 

[johnbee]

<jw@eldorado.com> wrote in message
news:fof1365825043qnmm19ctk6ide53ah8ssq@4ax.com...
> I have a Windows 7 machine networked to a XP (SP3) machine.
> I have the entire boot (C) drive set up as shared right now on both
> machines. Both machines are in same Workgroup.
> I can display the said main folders (C drive) in 'network places' on
> both machines.
> I can copy/move folders/files from anything on the Windows 7 machine
> to anywhere on the XP machine, but cannot do same in reverse.
> One exception is that I can copy/move folders from anything on the XP
> machine to the Users\public folder on the Windows 7 machine.
> This is workable, but is this the way sharing is supposed to work
> insofar as sharing is concerned between XP and Windows 7?
>
> Thanks
>
> Duke

I am not an expert in this, but can tell you that is certainly the default
way. /Users/Public is the way things can be shared while other stuff is
kept private. You can have a look at how the permissions are set on the
Public directory and then set others the same and they will work similarly.

I am afraid that my impression is that if you want to set up things, you
need to work out the sharing etc first, not after you have put the stuff on.
Once it is on, to change it you have to do it the slow and tedious way. On
the plus side, at least the help explanations are pretty good even if you
need to read them carefully and take them literally.

 

[Bogey Man]

<jw@eldorado.com> wrote in message
news:fof1365825043qnmm19ctk6ide53ah8ssq@4ax.com...
> I have a Windows 7 machine networked to a XP (SP3) machine.
> I have the entire boot (C) drive set up as shared right now on both
> machines. Both machines are in same Workgroup.
> I can display the said main folders (C drive) in 'network places' on
> both machines.
> I can copy/move folders/files from anything on the Windows 7 machine
> to anywhere on the XP machine, but cannot do same in reverse.
> One exception is that I can copy/move folders from anything on the XP
> machine to the Users\public folder on the Windows 7 machine.
> This is workable, but is this the way sharing is supposed to work
> insofar as sharing is concerned between XP and Windows 7?
>
> Thanks
>
> Duke

I had this same setup and ran into the same problem until I went on to the
Windows 7 machine and located the data folders (not the library folders)
that I wanted to share and I individually changed the permissions to include
the XP machine. After doing that, I had no problems with 2 way
communications. Maybe I was lucky but it worked.