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Windows 7 drive (P:|)shared with Everyone but not accessible by Windows XP computers on our network

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Mar 15, 202645033 views
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I'm trying to share my P:\ drive on a Windows 7 (Pro) PC with other PCs (WinXP) on my network. I shared it and set permissions to give Everyone Full Control. Symptoms Computer XP(different computer on the network) can access \win7\users\ public (and copy files to it and edit files in that folder) b…

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Fix for: Windows 7 drive (P:|)shared with Everyone but not accessible by Windows XP computers on our network

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Try this on the Windows 7 machine: Open Administrative Tools -> Local Security Policy. Click on Local Policies -> User Rights Assignment on the left. Double-click "Deny access to this computer from network". Select Guest and click Remove. click OK. …

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