are you using password protected sharing on all the XP computers? or
are you relying on the guest account (see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/300489 )
I'm still curious as to why you think disabling UPnP and Netbios
over TCP/IP when you are behind a router is a security risk.
On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 18:29:00 -0800, pcbiker
<pcbiker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Barb, I appreciate your help so far. Here's what I found:
>
>1. On Vista, I have the network set Private, and the workgroup name set
>(apparently) correctly. I say "apparently" because the Network page show the
>workgroup ALL CAPS (as it is in XP), but the network status tooltip (lower
>r.h. corner of screen) show the name as Initial Cap only. Probably not
>significant, but I want you to know what I see.
>
>2. I installed the LLTP service on one of the XP machines (which still has
>Netbios & uPnP disabled). That machine (among the 5 XP machines on my
>workgroup) now shows up on the network map. BTW, that machine runs XP Pro;
>the other 4 run XP Home.
>
>3. I stll haven't figure out how to access any of the shaed folders on the
>XP Pro/LLTP machine. When I double-click on the machine of the nework map,
>nothing happens. When I type in "//machine name/foldername" on the Run box,
>I get "folder inaccessable" error message.
>
>4. I haven't found any way in Vista to see, or access, the other 4 XP
>machines at all. How should I do this? Or, stated differently, what I am
>not seeing on Vista that I should see?
>
>5. The Linux file server runs Samba, and is designated as the workgroup
>browse master. I did this because the server runs 24/7, and so my family
>will never have to wait for a workgroup master-browser election. And it
>works properly with the XP machines. Would this be making a difference to
>Vista?
>
>6. The server also has a fixed IP address. Vista will not access this
>machine or its shared folders, even by IP address or by name.
>
>By way of personal background, I'm a professional computer consultant,
>specializing in XP machines, with occasional forays into Win 2000 and older
>versions of Windows. My clients tell me I'm pretty good at this, so you can
>assume that I am at least generally representative of actual field
>technicians who will be dealing with Vista. If I can't make a mixed Vista/XP
>workgroup function, after consulting the online help and Googling things like
>mad, then it might be reasonable to conclude that (a) I've overlooked
>something obvious, or (b) Vista and its documentation leaves much to be
>desired in terms of workgroup support.
>
>I would hope that (a) is the correct conclusion; and I hope that you can
>lead me to the resolution of my workgroup problem. After all, I've made
>stupid errors in the past (as have we all), and expect to make a few in the
>future.
>
--
Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
Expert Zone & Vista Community Columnist
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/e...ts/bowman.mspx http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/