File and print-sharing in Windows 10

[RobertX]

Hey guys,

On one of the factors that concerns my computer's future with Windows 10 being put into it is the ability to share files on computers with other operating systems, namely Windows 2000 and Windows XP by means of a wired LAN.

Yes, I know, very old and outdated. But being a "tech-wannabe" that I am, I can't resist asking the question, does Windows 10 file and print-sharing work well with other operating systems, like the ones I mentioned?

Thanks.

[Joker__TPB]

Dude, Iol, your a windows 10 fanatic huh?

I did some reserch and found out that you can file share between windows 10 and xp.(not sure about 2000)

Below is a post i found on a forum about file sharing between windows 10 and xp. Some user apparently having trouble in file sharing. This is just some trouble you'll run into



"I narrowed my problem down to NetBIOS over TCP/IP from the XP Pro SP3 laptop. Something to do with how it uses port 139 and or 445 when making the connection to the Windows 10 shares. My thing is that I want to use "My Network Places" (the thing is garbage) from XP. XP was also acting as the LAN browse master. I could see both PCs listed in My Network Places but received that dumb butt message described in original post. Well, using "netstat -an -p tcp" I found that XP was trying to connect first with Win10 on port 139. It would fail and then try port 445. In doing this, it might take a minute or two to time out. So I disabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP from each network properties. Added the IP and PC names to each hosts file. Now when I type \\pcname\temp from My Network Places the connection is made on port 445. And it is fast. never fails. I'm sure this is a well documented issue with XP Pro and I wish I could find more information about this. But like you said, Windows Networking Ugh!!!"


Here's a link to a thread about print sharing between windows 10 & xp. http://www.windows10forums.com/threads/w...ments.184/


So overall, yes you can file/print share between windows 10 & xp (not sure about 2000) but since xp does not have the homegroup feature, its gonna be a pain to set all that up.

I don't see much of a benefit of file sharing when you can just save your files on a usb, but print-sharing can come in handy.

Good luck!

EDIT: Np, sorry for calling you a fanatic. Hope you manage to find the answer that your looking for.

[RobertX]

Well, I have been using file-sharing for almost a decade and found it useful. Perhaps it's just me, but I don't want to part with it.

EDIT: To answer your question, no, I'm not a Windows 10 fanatic; I just want to know if it does what I want with it.

EDIT: Forgot to thank you. Sorry.