You probably encountered this problem when you have your old PC try to connect to your new PC’s that come with Vista. Microsoft designed Vista’s networking to be both secure and simple. So much for what they intended. Some networking headaches are specific to Vista, and others existed before Vista and continue to exist.
This issue may hinge on how you share the computer’s folders. Vista’s default setting lets you share folders only with yourself. Doh.
Right-click a folder you want to share, and select Share. If Vista responds with the message “This folder is already shared,” click Change sharing permissions.
In the resulting File Sharing dialog box, type everyone into the unnamed field next to the Add button, and press Enter. The word “Everyone” will appear in the list of people with whom you can share the folder. On the right side of the dialog box, select the permission level you want to assign to people sharing the data. Click Share to close the dialog box (which may take some time to process your request).
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