Peer-to-peer network between Win7 and Vista

[TC]

Hello,


I want to share files between my Vista notebook and my Win7 netbook. I
also want to share the notebook's CD drive with the netbook. Both
computers have a wired and a wireless network interface. I would prefer
(although it's not required) to use the wireless for Internet and wired
to join the two computers together.

So far I was able to connect the two. Both computers saw the other, but
were not sharing files or resources.

How do I network the Vista and Win7 boxes together to share files and the
notebook's CD drive? Thank you kindly.


Have a great day.

[Steve Hayes]

On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:02:40 -0500, f/fgeorge <ffge...@yourplace.com> wrote:

>Have you tried using the HomeGroup yet? To share the cd etc you must
>share it by right clicking on it then clicking on share this device,
>just like you do a printer.

But Vista doesn't have Homegroups, does it?


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[TC]

Thank you for your replies. I figured out my mistake. I was making
networks on both computers and using each to connect. I created an ad-
hoc network on Vista then connected using Win7 and was able to access
shares. Cheers.