Cannot share files between two computers.

I want to be able to share files between my computer and my wife we have a home network and I can see the file sharing is enabled.   When I go to the networks in Explorer:
1. I see her computer
2. He asks me a username and password.  What is my user name or his.
3. password?  Is the WiFi password, the home page group passes, my password of the computer or its password to the computer.

I have not found a combination that works.   I need to get this working so that we can both use Quickbooks. It would be useful for many other exchanges of files we currently do by e-mail.    Note that we have no problem to access two network printers, or send files to a print server that manages our tracer.

Hello

Sorry for the late reply.

Method 1

I suggest leaving the homegroup and see if it helps.

Leave a homegroup

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows7/leave-a-HomeGroup

After that I suggest you refer to the procedure described in the following article and join in Group once more.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-GB/Windows/HomeGroup-help#HomeGroup-start-to-finish=Windows-7&V1H=win81tab1&V2H=win7tab1

Method 2

I suggest you to temporarily disable the anti-virus by following the link below and check the State.
http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/disable-antivirus-software

 

Note: Antivirus software can help protect your computer against viruses and other security threats. In most cases, you should not disable your antivirus software. If you need to disable temporarily to install other software, you must reactivate as soon as you are finished. If you are connected to the Internet or a network, while your antivirus software is disabled, your computer is vulnerable to attacks.

Please let us know if the problem persists. We will be happy to help you further.

Thank you.

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