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ok so i have a vista machine that i want to share the c drive across the network so i set it up i can see the computer on a xp pro machine click it and i see the c drive and a public folder i can access the public folder and transfer but when i try the c drive all i get is access denied google was no help i tried millions of thing nothing any suggestions?

You have to add the user account from the xp machine to the vista machine and set the permissions on it. Also this will be a problem since vista looks for local user groups. You can add your user login to a group and try it. If it connects, you will only have read permissions. If you want to mod files on the c drive, you will have to give the group that your login resides in "full control" and will most likely have to take ownership of the entire C drive with that group or login. This is a high security risk though. To take ownership, you must use the advanced sections of the security tab and fumble around in it. I cant say the exact route since Im currently running on Fedora 9 and dont have Vista installed anymore. I had installed some cracked games and to copy the crack over into the programs folder, I had to take ownership of it with my login other wise vista would yell at me. Not to be too nosy, but why share you entire c drive across a network?

Might try this though...

http://willsit.com/XP_Vista.aspx