The Glade 4.0

So I have two desktop machines. My old one (NEWCHODE - Windows 7 Home) and my new one (CHODEPRO - Windows 7 Pro). I use the same login name on both machines but do not have passwords set up on them. I want to share out the whole C:\ on NEWCHODE. I thought it was possible to do this without having to use passwords. I did it on my XP machine.

In any case, I have the share on NEWCHODE set up to give everyone Full Control. But when I try to access it from CHODEPRO I get the message:



This is how I have the share set up on NEWCHODE:



Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Edit: I was wrong, I get the message saying its unavailable even when I try to share individual folders via the homegroup.

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The Dude abides.

What do the NTFS permissions look like? Also, can you access it with "\\newchode\c"?

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

Chode? What the hell?

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Ron Paul 2012

I had to actually turn on Password Protected Sharing. Not sure why this mattered but it did the trick.

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The Dude abides.

Thanks for the update. Interesting. I'll file it away in my "advice for home users" mental drawer.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

why is it named chode? lol

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Ron Paul 2012

I think the better question is why shouldn't it be named Chode?

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The Dude abides.

I think chode is a great name.

Heh. My PC's name is "timmy"