How do I share folders between Windows XP and Windows 7 machines?

Question

I just bought a new Windows 7 machine with Windows 7 Home Edition. I already have Windows XP Professional SP2 machine.

I want to share folders and files between these two machines. They are connected to the same switch.

How can I do this?

WinXP Home, or Pro? The file sharing is slightly different between the two.
possible duplicate of How do you share files between windows 7 and windows xp? also see Accessing Windows network shares from different versions of Windows

user726730 · Answer 1 · 2011-12-31 17:36:23Z

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right click on the folder whitch want to share.. then cick properties

and then click the share tab Choose everyone or your name of your homegroup and then click ok

To see it click Start-->Computer-->Network(in the right bar)..

Choose your computer name, and that's it!!

answered Dec 31 '11 at 17:36

	my problem is when I access windows7 pc share folder from XP then it works fine. But when I try to open my xp pc from windows 7 then it require authentication. but I did not set any password on xp machine. then what should I give it in credential settings? – Sarfraz Ahmed Dec 31 '11 at 17:46
	check this sevenforums.com/tutorials/… – user726730 Dec 31 '11 at 19:37
	@SarfrazAhmed Perhaps you should include that information in your question. – techie007 Dec 31 '11 at 20:27

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