> I don't understand how people are having all these vista problems. I have
> installed Vista on no less than 5 machines and they all work very well.
> There's a couple annoyances like disk activity and battery life but it all
> works. Personally, I think if your technician's solution to a problem is to
> uninstall Vista and install XP then you should probably find a better
> technician.
>
> Anyhow, here's the deal. "Shared Documents" and "Public" in Vista are the
> same concept, they're just named differently. These folders are accessible
> to all other users on the computer. It has nothing at all to do with network
> sharing. To share a folder, you can go into the Network and Sharing Center.
> There you can turn on file sharing and public folder sharing. This exposes
> the user and public folders on the network so that they can be accessed from
> another computer.
>
> But now of course Vista doesn't just expose the folders to anyone on the
> network. If that were the case, anybody in a Starbucks could access them
> while you're on the same access point. So how does one computer get access
> to another? Well you need to have user accounts on both machines with the
> same username and password. So if your username is "John Doe" and you have a
> password of "mypassword" on Computer 1, then you need to have a user account
> with the same password on Computer 2. Then you can browse to shared folders
> on the other computer and you'll have the same permissions as if you were on
> the computer locally.
>
> How this applies to OneNote is that on one computer you've got all your
> notebooks stored locally, on the other computer you can open the shared
> notebook by doing File -> Open Notebook then type something like
> \\COMPUTER2\John Doe\Documents\OneNote Notebooks\Etc (you can browse for it
> too, or your email link should work).
>
> By the way, this behavior is exactly the same as Windows XP except that
> Vista provides a much more user friendly user interface to enable sharing.
>
> I'm not a networking expert by any means but I do this all the time. I have
> a desktop, a Tablet PC, and a UMPC all sync'd up this way.
>
> --
> Josh Einstein (Tablet PC MVP)
> Einstein Technologies
> Tablet Enhancements for Outlook - Try it free: www.tabletoutlook.com
>
>
> "bphata" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A8CA364F-755E-4DDA-8BD1-EF02615D7564@microsoft.com...

>> Yes I've tried every thing, now I just copy each file to public/shared and
>> grab it from the individual computers. This new vista all flash no bang.
>> I've
>> had a couple of tech by setting up some other things and what they did was
>> take out vista and put in XP. I may do that as well.
>> Thanks,
>> Bill in Las Vegas
>>
>> "Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:
>>

>>> Have you gone through this article:
>>> http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/HA100910951033.aspx?
>>>
>>> --
>>> -Ben-
>>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "bphata" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:193E3DF4-80F6-49AA-8BF2-8441B32D2A2E@microsoft.com...

>>>>I can copy stuff into the shared folders from Windows Explore but if I
>>>>go
>>>> through the drill of mailing an invite to the other computers I see the
>>>> No
>>>> Permission warning and that is as far as I get. It doesn't show up in
>>>> the
>>>> other OneNotes on the other comuters. I feel so stupid.
>>>> Bill in Las Vegas
>>>>
>>>> "bphata" wrote:
>>>>

>>>>> Wellll no, I have one computer that is a New Gateway (with Vista), One
>>>>> is
>>>>> a
>>>>> New HP (with Vista), One is a 3 year old HP (with XP). If I share with
>>>>> the
>>>>> two Vistas the XP has no Public/Public Documents to go to. Got any
>>>>> suggestion
>>>>> for this one???
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Bill in Las Vegas
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:
>>>>>

>>>>>> You need to be able to see the same folder (Public Folder in Vista
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> instance) from both machines. Try connecting to that public folder
>>>>>> from the
>>>>>> XP machine. If you can see it, then locate the OneNote notebook
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> want to share in that folder and open it from both machines.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> -Ben-
>>>>>> Ben M. Schorr, MVP
>>>>>> Roland Schorr & Tower
>>>>>> http://www.rolandschorr.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "bphata" discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:06550EF1-B800-481E-8FF1-AAD262B390AC@microsoft.com...

>>>>>>> There is no SHARED FOLDER in Vista, its public.
>>>>>>> windows help and how to/switching between home and workplace
>>>>>>> networks...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The Shared Documents folder has been replaced with the Public
>>>>>>> folder
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> Windows Vista."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I have to open the shared (in XP) and the Public (Vista) to
>>>>>>> sync???
>>>>>>> Bill in Las Vegas

>>>>>>

>>>

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