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Solved I have further concluded that it is not necessary in my case to give read/write sharing permission to 'everybody' if I give it only to 'workgroup'. Issue solved. Thanks to all who participated in enlightening me.

Sharing with everyone is necessary, but not sufficient. I have just learned that sharing with everyone is necessary. I did that long ago. But I also have to make sure that I set my share permissions to read/write. Having done that, I am now finally able to accomplish the task that I set out...

Problem does not seem to be firewall-related. When I turn off Windows firewall on both computers, the problem persists. I therefore conclude that the problem is not firewall related, and I will now turn the firewalls back on. BTW, File and Printer Sharing were already checked. Thank you for...

I think I need a firewall But I need a firewall if I connect to the internet, right? Please explain.

I have a simple home network with a win7 and a win 8.1 desktop. I have set up my workgroup and put both into that workgroup. I have set a directory with access to everyone on each computer. File sharing is on. I use windows firewall and microsoft security essentials appropriately, I think...