Hi folks,
This is my first post here as I am at my wits end with WIndows 8.1 Pro.
Let me start off by telling you what kind of idiot I am. I've been using computers since the days of the Atari.. then MSDOS on a 386 processor, then Windows 3.1, then a Pentium and win95, 98, and XP.
I'm also quite adapt with VB programming language.
So, I'm not computer illiterate. But you might think so after I post this..
I have 2 computers (both WIndows8.1) for which I need to set up a single folder "My Shared Folder" on each computer so that we can transfer files and stuff between the two computers without constantly having to swap USB drives all the time.
I have gone through all the "Homegroup" settings and the closest I got was when it would ask me for a USERNAME and a PASSWORD.. I know the password as it was given to me when I set up the HomeGroup, but I have no idea what username to use.
I have also tried just right clicking on the folder within explorer.exe and trying to share it that way too.. no luck.
Also, when I set up Homegroup, it would appear that it starts to share all my app data, document folder, and all kinds of folders that I DO NOT WANT SHARED.. Not that anyone can access them.
Each computer can see the other on my home network but we can not get access.
This stuff was easy in Windows XP.. why did they screw it up so bad?
Can someone walk me though this? I have looked at all the tutorials on the internet and none of them seem to work for me.
This is my first post here as I am at my wits end with WIndows 8.1 Pro.
Let me start off by telling you what kind of idiot I am. I've been using computers since the days of the Atari.. then MSDOS on a 386 processor, then Windows 3.1, then a Pentium and win95, 98, and XP.
I'm also quite adapt with VB programming language.
So, I'm not computer illiterate. But you might think so after I post this..
I have 2 computers (both WIndows8.1) for which I need to set up a single folder "My Shared Folder" on each computer so that we can transfer files and stuff between the two computers without constantly having to swap USB drives all the time.
I have gone through all the "Homegroup" settings and the closest I got was when it would ask me for a USERNAME and a PASSWORD.. I know the password as it was given to me when I set up the HomeGroup, but I have no idea what username to use.
I have also tried just right clicking on the folder within explorer.exe and trying to share it that way too.. no luck.
Also, when I set up Homegroup, it would appear that it starts to share all my app data, document folder, and all kinds of folders that I DO NOT WANT SHARED.. Not that anyone can access them.
Each computer can see the other on my home network but we can not get access.
This stuff was easy in Windows XP.. why did they screw it up so bad?
Can someone walk me though this? I have looked at all the tutorials on the internet and none of them seem to work for me.
My Computer
System One
-
- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- CPU
- PentiumD
- Motherboard
- Intel
- Memory
- 4 Gigs