I have a laptop and desktop running Vista 32 bit. I read and applied the basic "Sharing" settings in networking and can see the public folders on each of my computers. I also turned off the password networking restrictions. However, I want to share a specific folder on my laptop with my desktop. When I right click to do sharing it only lists the othe "users" on my laptop to share with. How do I see and add a user from by desktop to the folder on my laptop. Thanks.

Hello, I know that you would like to share a specific folder on between your two computers; first of all, I'd like to say that there is no need to add the desktop's user to the folder on the laptop. If you have already created a shared folder on the laptop, we might access it on the desktop through the laptop's user and password directly. If the folder has not been shared yet, please follow these steps below to share the folder. Using this method, you can choose the people with whom you want to share files, regardless of whether they use this computer or another computer on the network. 1. Locate the folder with the files you want to share. 2. Click one or more files or folders that you want to share, and then, on the toolbar, click Share. 3. In the File Sharing dialog box, do one of the following: Type the name of the person you want to share files with, and then click Add. If your computer is on a domain, click the arrow to the right of the text box, and then click Find. Type the name of the person you want to share files with, click Check Names, and then click OK. If your computer is on a domain, click the arrow to the right of the text box, click Everyone to share the files with everyone on your network, and then click Add. If your computer is on a workgroup, click the arrow to the right of the text box, click the person's name in the list, and then click Add. If your computer is on a workgroup and you don't see the name of the person you want to share files with in the list, click the arrow to the right of the text box, and then click Create a new user to create a new user account so that you can share files with the person using this account. The name of the person or group that you selected appears in the list of people you want to share files with. Note If your computer is on a workgroup, you have the option of turning password protection on or off. If password protection is turned on, the person you are sharing with must have a user account and password on your computer in order to access the files and folders you are sharing. You can turn password protection on or off in the Network and Sharing Center. 4. Under Permission Level, click the arrow next to each person or group and select sharing permissions: A Reader can view shared files, but not add, alter, or delete them. A Contributor can view or add shared files, but can only alter or delete files he or she has contributed. A Co-owner can view, add, alter or delete any shared file. Note If you are sharing a file instead of a folder, there is no option to set the permission level to Contributor. 5. When you are finished choosing the people or groups you want to share files with, click Share. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. 6. Click Done. For more details, you might refer to the following KB article to view the demo of sharing folders. Demo: Sharing files and folders in WindowsVista http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/9d98dcbd-853a-4235-82e5-00e8e468dec21033.mspx Let me know how it goes!