sorry,
it was a thought
in vista-the default workgroup is "workgroup"
and in xp it's "mshome"
ya prolly already know that-but ya might wanna chk that;
other than that;
I give-vista and xp on a lan-see all of my machines
Jeff
"wrtbd" <wrtbd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FE58CE82-73D5-4DDF-8612-438ADE792D02@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for your reply and the URL. I installed LLDR on an XP box,
> rebooted
> both machines and still cannot see the XP box or anything else in the
> workgroup.
>
> "Jeff" wrote:
>
>> This may be what you're looking for?
>> if not, it'll show XP computers on Vista maps, and yup, install it in
>> your
>> xp machines.
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> "wrtbd" <wrtbd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2D09EEF1-DED0-47F1-90A2-0065545D1C3F@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
>> > machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
>> > elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
>> > necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?
>> >
>> > "Mitch Roberson" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
>> >> Windows XP machines?
>> >> "wrtbd" <wrtbd@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:F9EABFCE-F0C7-45AD-81FF-DD42F440C6F8@microsoft.com...
>> >> > With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs
>> >> > in
>> >> > my
>> >> > workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the
>> >> > name
>> >> > of
>> >> > the
>> >> > workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery.
>> >> > I
>> >> > have
>> >> > the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the
>> >> > PCs
>> >> > on
>> >> > the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the
>> >> > 'net
>> >> > (of
>> >> > course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
>> >> > dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
>> >> > Group
>> >> > Policy.
>> >> > Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why
>> >> > I
>> >> > cannot
>> >> > see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>