busyinla

Thank you so much for your response.

When I go to my XP SP2 computer and try to type in \\COMPUTERNAME (where the
COMPUTERNAME is the name of my Vista Computer) I get a message saying that
that name cannot be found on this server, although there is a graphic
representation of my Vista computer sitting right there in the window. Of
course, when I click on the Vista computer, I am told I "may not have
permission...."

My router is a Netgear router using DHCP with dynamic IP addresses.

I am only using the Windows Firewall right now, and I have enabled "File and
Print Sharing" in the advanced properties of the Windows Firewall.

As far as the "Win HTTP Web Proxy Autoproxy Discovery" service, when I check
in Windows Services, I see it is "running."

Any thoughts?

Thanks!

"Tiberius" wrote:

> what happens if you type in the windows explorer window the following:
>
> \\COMPUTERNAME
>
> where computer name is the name of the vista computer?
>
> You should see some things there, try it from the xp machine and try it
> again from the vista machine (yes to see if it sees itself).
>
> Do you have some firewall that may be blocking something?
> In vista it has a yello information bar at some point that asks you if you
> want to use autodiscovery..
> did you do that?
>
> is this a newtwork with static IP addresses or do you have a router that
> uses DHCP?
>
>
>
>
> "busyinla" <busyinla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A72CD9A4-DC9A-4D1B-9F2D-55C21C3C9969@microsoft.com...
> >I have been unable to access my shared files from my home's XP machines to
> >my
> > Vista Ultimate machine. On the Vista machine, I have enabled the guest
> > account, enabled all of the file sharing, enabled sharing to "everyone,"
> > "Guest," and anything else I could find, and made sure sharing was enabled
> > on
> > the folders I wanted shared. Password protection is disabled. I am able
> > to
> > access files on my XP machines from my Vista machine, but not the reverse.
> > The name of the network is consistent on all of the machines. I have
> > tried
> > everything I have found written in these groups to no avail. I have been
> > working on this for days! Does anyone have any ideas for me?
>
>
>