Problems connecting to to shared drives on network

[weedn]

ok, so heres the problem

i have 2 windows 7 computer on a wireless network in my house

basiclly i want to be able to share the drives on both computers so that i can stream media between the computer and also devices in my home (xbox360)

i went to set the drives to shared in the properties for the drives on both computers, however, whenever i try to connect to the other computer through the network section i got this pop up asking for a password, i tried login passwords and no go

so i went into the sharing options and turned off password protection and it seemed to let me through, and i can see the drive i named and setup, only now when i try clicking on the drive i shared it says (windows cannot access//NAME OF FOLDER

how do i get this to work?

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Which versions of windows 7 and are they LEGAL ?

Are you using HOMEGROUPS ?

All the best Brett

 

[weedn]

yeah, there both completely legit versions of windows 7. one comp is a prebuilt HP the other is one i built with an OEM version loaded on there, both are 64 bit home premium versions

i tried doing the homegroups thing, set the password on the first computer, typed in on the second, and when i go in there it says there are no computers connected to the homegroup. i dont understand what im doing wrong

 

[inanition02]

They're both wireless? Are they both in the same band (2.4ghz vs 5.0ghz)?

Did you try rebooting the router?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Make sure the firewall isn't blocking it.

 

[weedn]

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