I asked you to do the same \\computername on the actual vista machine to see
if it "sees" itself and its shares...
does it see its own shared folders? This will show you if vista itself is
the culprit.
from what I an percieving vista has not shared its files correctly...
What steps did you take to share files?
when you first joined a network with vista it had 3 options, home, work, and
public (I think)
which one did you chose?
I would also suggest you make a new post in the following 2 HIGHLITED
newsgroups SEE SCREENSHOT
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5...enshot2dr8.jpg
Crosspost the question and give the most details you can.. perhaps you will
get better help that way
"busyinla" <busyinla@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CFAFAF14-4C5A-4B39-B1AD-6526E7B3D016@microsoft.com...
> 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?
>>
>>
>>