hydro1956

Having sharing allowed and all the other required share/network settings
correct in Vista and XP machines I could not access Vista shared
foldews/printers from XP machines, however vice-versa I could. Now, after
three days I found the solution:

My Visata machine came with McAfee antivirus preloaded. Both the Windows and
McAfee firewalls were on. As soon as I disabled the McAfee firewall the
network sharing worked as intended!

Doing a little follow-up research, I then turned off Windows firewall and
re-enabled the McAfee firewall, as well as changed the security level setting
in McAfee. At this point I was back to the "no-access" problem so I disabled
McAfee firewall and re-enabled Windows firewall. The network worked like a
carm once again. Now I assume there is an exception check box like "Allow
network folder/pinter sharing" in McAfee's firewall like there is in windows
firewall if you are wanting to use McAfee's firewall instead. Also, this may
be the same issue if you have some other another firewall enabled.



"Bob" wrote:

> I know there has been a lot of posts on this subject, but none that have
> helped me so my apologies if this is redundent of past posts.
>
> I just bought a new Vista Home Premium HP laptop. Got it on release day, Jan
> 30. It refuses to see any XP computers on the network.
>
> I have internet access, it works on the vista laptop, but cant see any
> non-Vista computers on the network its accessing the internet through.
>
> I tried installing the LLTP protocol on one of the XP computers..no go.
> I tried taking down the firewalls..still no luck
> All computers are in the same workgroup
> Network discovery is on and all the file/printer/media sharing buttons are on.
> XP computers are XP Pro.
> tried connecting through different lines/wireless routers on the same
> network(I am in a fraternity house and we have 3 wireless routers all
> connecting to the same base network/internet router.)
> The XP computers can see my vista machine, however.
>
> One of my brothers was a Beta tester for Vista and has been running vista
> for some time. He has ultimate and can see everyone,(even the XP Pro comps) I
> can see him, and he can see me, but I cannot see the other computers. He has
> taken a look at my laptop and is just as confused as i am in this matter. He
> has no idea why my Vista laptop wont work.
>
> Thanks for any help
> Bob