File Sharing Between Windows and Mac

First off... I would recommend following my other tutorial to prepare you Windows machine for file sharing before following this one for your Mac.

Letting Your Mac Be Able to See Shared Files on Windows 7 / Windows XP and Your Windows Computers See Mac Files: (Using Snow Leopard for this Tutorial, but I think most Mac's are similar)

1. Follow the steps above to get your Windows machines ready to share files
2. On your Mac, Click 'System Preferences'
3. Then Click 'Sharing'
4. NOTE: Note your Mac's 'Computer Name' so you know what to look for later on in the tutorial when you are looking for it from your Windows Machine
5. Choose which service you would like to share on the left-hand side (in our case, File Sharing if everything is grayed out, you will have to click the lock in the lower right to make changes, the admin password is needed to do this)
6. In the middle column, you can choose which folders to share and can add or remove them from here as well
7. Be default it should have (User Name)'s Public Folder in the column
8. Once you click on the Public Folder, in the far right hand column it shows who has access to it and what access they have
9. To simplify things for this tutorial, click Everyone and change their permissions to Read and Write. (If 'Everyone' is not listed in your version, click the '+' button and add 'Everyone'
10. Ok, halfway there!
11. Click 'Back' to get back to the System Preferences
12. Now click the 'Network' Preference
13. When it comes up, on the lower right, click 'Advanced...'
14. In this new screen, click the 'WINS' tab at the top
15. Now, in order for your Windows to see the Mac's shared files, the Workgroup under the WINS tab HAS to be the same as the Workgroup your other Windows machines are on. By default most Windows machines, from my experience, are in the Workgroup titled “WORKGROUP” or “MSHOME”
16. Once the Workgroup has been entered, click ok
17. Then click Apply
18. And you should be good to go! No reboot needed on the Mac, to see the computers and files, open up Finder. and by default on the left sidebar, click 'Shared' and then 'All...' and then find your Workgroup you entered in step 15 above and you will be able to see the Windows computers.
19. Now get on your Windows machine and make sure you can see your Mac shared files and you are all setup!

File Sharing Between Windows 7 and Windows XP Tutorial

How to Setup a Windows XP Machine to Share Files With a Windows 7 Machine:

1. You need to add (edit) a registry file
2. Click 'Start', type 'regedit' and press Enter
3. Go to the Path:
   1. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   2. SYSTEM
   3. CurrentControlSet
   4. Services
   5. LanmanServer
   6. Parameters
   7. In this directory, if the file “IRPStackSize” doesn't exist, Right Click and add it (making sure of your spelling and capitalization and no extra spaces) Make it a DWORD type file and choose the Decimal Value to be 20. If no option is given to change the decimal value, create the file then right click on it and choose edit to edit the decimal value. Make the value 20. (If doing this still doesn't work, come back after the reboot and change to somewhere between 20 and 30, but 20 worked for me)
   8. Press Ok
   9. Reboot

4. Once Rebooted you should be able to share the default shared directory on XP with Windows 7

How to Share Individual Files on Windows XP with a Windows 7 Machine:

1. Do the above registry edit first
2. Right click the desired folder to be shared
   1. Click 'Sharing and Security'
   2. Click the Radio Button Labeled: 'Share This Folder'
   3. Choose the name you wish it to be shared as
   4. Click 'Permissions' button
   5. Choose 'Everyone' edit the desired permissions and click ok

3. Click the 'Security' tab
4. Add 'Everyone' to share with
5. Again, choose the permissions desired
6. Press Ok
   - DONE

To Share Individual Folders From Windows 7 to a Windows XP Machine:

Note: To turn Windows File and Printer Sharing on is NOT necessary for this to work

1. Right click the folder you want to share
2. Click the 'Sharing' tab
3. Click 'Share'
   1. Type 'Everyone' and click 'Add'
   2. Choose your permission levels
   3. Click 'Share'

4. Click 'Advanced Sharing' on the left hand side
5. Make sure the 'Share This Folder' box is checked
6. Choose a name you want the folder to be shared as (permissions here need to be changed in order to read/write)
7. Click Ok

Notes:

1. If password file sharing is turned on in Windows 7, the user wanting to access the file must know the user name and password of the machine trying to be accessed otherwise they will not be able to access the folder

2. To Turn Windows 7 File Sharing On:
   1. Click 'Start'
   2. Go to 'Control Panel'
   3. Change 'View By:' to Large Icons (in the upper right)
   4. Click 'Network and Sharing Center'
   5. Click 'Change Advanced Sharing Settings'
   6. Click the radio button to Allow 'File and Printer Sharing'
   7. Scrolling down on this page is also where you can find the option to turn on/off password protected file sharing

If anyone actually finds this helpful, please leave me a comment and let me know, or if you need further help, same way, leave a comment please and I will get back to ya as quick as I can.

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