Wireless Network with Windows 7 Home Premium

[Coach17]

I have Windows 7 Premium on both my desktop computer and my Netbook. I have set up a network so that I can access My Documents on my desktop from my Netbook. I have opened a Excel file on my Netbook which is stored on my desktop, when I make a change in the file I cannot save it because it says it is a read only file. What do I need to do to correct this issue?

I hope I have posted this to the correct forum.

Thanks for your help.

[Steve R Jones]

You need to give yourself full security rights/permission to the folder where the file lives.

[Coach17]

Steve, Can you please advise me how to do in detail. I have never done this. I appreciate your help.

[jdc2000]

Links:

http://www.dkszone.net/how-to-change...permissions-in

http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...1-c870290efeed

[Coach17]

Thanks for the reply. Do I do this both on my desktop and Netbook or just the desktop?

[Steve R Jones]

The machine where the files are located.

[Coach17]

I did the steps per the instructions where the files are located. When I went to my netbook and opened up the file and made a change I was denied access and it would not save. Is there something else I should be looking for?

[jdc2000]

Do you have a user account on the PC with the files that has the same name and password as the user account on the netbook that you accessing the files from?

[Coach17]

The netbook does not have the same name as the PC where I am accessing the files from. I do not use passwords for either computer.

[jdc2000]

Windows is particular about permissions for sharing My Documents files and folders. You could try putting the documents to be shared in the Shared Documents folder instead. Or, have a look at some of the links below for options on setting up sharing of the documents where they are now located.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...AAAqgQFT9BaVrc

[Coach17]

Thanks for the reply. I will do some more investigating.