Re: transfer folder from XP to Vista via LAN

Thank you! But... I must be doing something wrong, because I get a
systemfailure 67: networkname not found, so I guess I fill it out wrong?
Should it be like this:

net use X:\\my old XP-computers name\sharing name of the folder
/persistent:no /USER:my Vista computers name\my username on the Vista
computer?

And if the sharing name I gave to the folder contains spaces, do I type
underscores where the spaces are?



"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

GinetteB wrote:
I have Windows XP home edition.
And of course I used Save mode with networking, how else could I
see this computer on the homenetwork? The network is ok, it's just
that I don't get access to the folder. I shared the folder like
this: Rightclicked on the folder, then 'Sharing' then I choose full
options and to share it with everyone on our local network. And
after doing this, it does show up on the other computer. So that's
ok. I just can't get in, because when I click on it, it says that I
don't have the right to access it.
I think it might have something to do with the fact that in Vista
all objects have owners, while in XP they didnt?

In a sense. You need to map the share using local (to the sharing machine)
user credentials. The reason I asked the version was that Simple File
Sharing is all that is supported in Windows XP Home Edition... Well - in
standard terms - booting in Safe Mode as an administrator could change
things a bit.

Assuming the user (administrator) has a password on the Windows XP machine -
you could try mapping the drive from command line on the vista machine.

Open a command prompt (Run as Administrator on your Vista machine) and enter
the command:
net use x: \\computername\sharename /persistent:no
/USER:computername\localusername
--> Press ENTER.

That should prompt you for the remote user's password. Enter it.

Then you should have "X:" mapped as a drive with the same permissions as the
Windows XP machine's user "computername\localusername"...

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Shenan Stanley
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