I currently have (or had until one died a couple of days ago) two PCs on XP pro connected through a hub. Curious if my XP machine and a Vista machine will be able to still access info through the same hub, and access shared folders/files on each other's machines?
Yes they can share files just fine. You do need to make sure file sharing is enabled in Vista (its not by default) if you want to access files on it from the other PC.
On any computer running Windows XP with SP1, disable the Windows XP firewall. It will not allow File and Printer Sharing. On computers running Windows XP with SP2, make sure that the Windows XP firewall has File and Printer Sharing checked off on the Exceptions tab. If you are running any third party firewalls, like those provided by such programs as Zone Alarm, Norton Internet Security, or McAfee Security Suite, make sure they are configured to allow local network traffic
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Posted February 1st, 2007 23:00