Greetings Noel,
I just got back from a bookstore with a purchase I hope will help clear up
some of my dummieness..

"Windows 7 for Dummies"

It seems to have a pretty good section on networking..
Give me a day of two to read it through and I'll see how it does then..
;-)

Just a glance I think I got several thing I need to check on, my D-Link
DI-604 router for one, check the ports to see if there open for cross
linking..
I now suspect the Vista machine has networks disabled, the possible
firewall problem of NORTONS which is running on the win 7 machine..

tks for all the feedback

RTS

(we'll get this pig whipped yet) LOL


"Noel Paton" wrote in message
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"Mike M" wrote in message
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Noel Paton wrote:

You need to set up the Win7 machine user with a password - then you
can use that username and password to log in from the ME machine.
Alternatively, you can go into the Network & Sharing page in Win 7,
and switch off password-protected sharing.

HTH - post back if you need blow-by-blow instructions

Noel,

Can a Win Me PC access a network share on a PC running Win 7? Win 7 can
easily access shares on a Win Me machine but the reverse is more
difficult.
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Mike

AFAIK, there shouldn't be any problem with the Win 7 machine getting into
the the ME machine - but as you say, getting the ME machine into Win 7 may
be more problematic.
Unfortunately, I no longer have a hardware 9x machine to play with (and
VM's don't count), but I'm sure I could share between Vista and ME back
during the Beta. Things may have changed for Win 7.....
Struggling in my archive to find any references for WIn98/W7 networking. -
nope, nothing
I may set up a couple of machines to play with - just for the giggles -
but it'd take a few days.

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Noel Paton
CrashFixPC

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