# windows 8 networking problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-networking-problem/656722>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 26, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-networking-problem/656722 "2013-04-26T00:51:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-networking-problem/656722/1 "2013-04-26T00:51:04Z")

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After doing something like six hours of searching, and getting minimal results, I thought I would ask some of our more experienced dopers for some help.

I am running windows 8 on desktop, and xp pro on laptop. Both are connected to the same workgroup and have sharing enabled. At the moment, I can peruse the laptop from the desktop, but while the laptop can see the shared connections on the desktop, I cannot access them, a pop up box saying you dont have the required permissions check with system admin.

Over the last couple of days, I have spent like about 4 hours on google, looking for a solution. So what could I have missed and or what should I be looking for on my windows 8 permissions set up.

Declan

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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-networking-problem/656722/2 "2013-04-26T19:20:47Z")

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It’s sort of complex even though it shouldn’t be. I usually have to suffer a bit to make it work. Try this: [How to make Windows 7 work with older Windows versions for networking and file sharing.](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/033c418b-1096-4df7-bfad-fd3d431f3cd5)

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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-8-networking-problem/656722/3 "2013-04-27T02:26:52Z")

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> [@control-z](#):
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> It’s sort of complex even though it shouldn’t be. I usually have to suffer a bit to make it work. Try this: [Microsoft Q&A | Microsoft Learn](http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpronetworking/thread/033c418b-1096-4df7-bfad-fd3d431f3cd5)

Okay that appeared to have done the trick, that was harder than it had to be , I would have rather perfered the old way of simply clicking share under the drive and getting the hand.

Since I want to be able to transfer pictures from the laptop to the usb hard drive on the desktop, I have to set a folder, instead of sharing the entire drive.

Declan