Remote Desktop File Sharing

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Is it all possible to use this feature to share files in real time? I have been trying now for a week to get this to work but to no avail. My friend and I have traded IP addresses and no matter what I do I cant gain any access to his files (firewall is up and has no clue how to disable, since its greyed out for some odd reason) nor can he access my files, the twist to that is I have given full permissions and access on this feature. I type in the IP address in the field provided, click on Connect, a few seconds go by thinking I am connecting, next thing I know ( The client {myself or my friend} could not connect to the remote computer. Remote connections might not be enabled or the computer might be too busy to accept connections. It is also possible that network problems (non whatsoever I can assure you) are preventing your connections). Translation?!?! Its Greek To Me> help me!!!