Windows Trying to network 2 win7 pc's

Hi all, As the title I am trying to network 2 pc's. I have done this before and it should be easy but I seem to be missing something. Any help please.

 

Directly connected or via a switch/router?

What are you trying to achieve by networking them?

 

Thanks for the reply, I am trying to achieve printer and file sharing and also access to one of the HDD's on the secondary PC.

The set up is this,
PC1 connected to router/modem via wireless.

PC2 connected to router/modem by wireless and also cable.

Also an access point in another room wired to router.

At the moment I can't seem to even get of the ground by setting up a network connection.

 

do you have passwords on both pc's?

 

Should be fairly easy to setup. Are they both on the same workgroup?

 

I cant seem to set up a workgroup in the first place, this seems to be the problem, once I have done that I should be fine.

 

Create a user on each account, in my example i will use bob
Set the password to the same

On your file share pc setup the share (right click, properties, sharing, advanced)
set everyone to have full control. ensure under the security that bob has full control.

Go into network and sharing center and change advanced sharing settings, Turn on Network discovery and turn on file and print sharing.

On your client, map it using \\<server pc name>\share name.

This should work, any issues give me a shout

 

Create a user on each account,

Thanks but I can't create an account in the first place, this is my problem.

 

Depending how fast the machines boot up (SSD?) it's better to map with the ip instead of sharename, windows can try to map the drives before the computer has fully booted up causing issues.

 

Sorry but I fail to understand that

 

Good morning Modd, thanks for your offer of help via teamviewer. As I have never used it before and this is a networking issue will I need it installed on both pc's or just the main one.

 

A bit more info. Trying to use the Microsoft "Fixit" tool tells me "The system time is different from your local standard time" It fails to fix it though.

Looking in the bios the system time appears correct to me. The windows clock is set to sync with UTC London.

 

Neither are passworded.

 

All working perfectly now, many thanks to modd1uk for the remote assistance.

 

No problem buddy you're welcome, any problems give me or one of the other guys a shout and we will get it resolved for you. .

 

Just out of curiosity and no way meaning to be rude, what was your accent

 

AWESOME. Nah it's northern, lived in Jersey though so it's all kinda fecked up.

 

modd1uk: What was the problem in the end?

 

There wasn't one, it just needed setting up properly .

 

Ah I see