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Oct 2, 2009 | 05:21 PM

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rmcelwee

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Then I simply went to the folder I wanted shared, right clicked and chose 'share...' and added my main user account.

The problem is that I don't want to share a folder, I want to share a drive. Any ideas?

Oct 2, 2009 | 05:32 PM

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Can you not connect to \\vista-wks\c$ ?

Oct 2, 2009 | 05:38 PM

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ok then up my computer, right click on whatever drive, then go to advanced sharing and say share this directory.

\\computer name\c

Oct 2, 2009 | 07:51 PM

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ok then up my computer, right click on whatever drive, then go to advanced sharing and say share this directory.

Nope, doesn't work...

Share this folder
Everyone
Full Control

(too hard to post screenshots but the above is the meat of it and I have that stuff selected)

Oct 2, 2009 | 08:01 PM

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Have you followed this guide? File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista

This **** is so much easier on a domain.

Nov 16, 2009 | 07:14 PM

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I got pissed off with Vista sharing again tonight and did some searches on Google to see if anyone had any tips for me. This was the first link that came up (and it was from 2007 <G>):
How to Share the Root of a Drive Under Vista - Hardware Canucks

Side note, that **** in post #25 (from Microsoft) didn't do anything for me <G>. Anyway, I am sharing everything and loving life now...