Fred B.

Easiest way I've found is to "create a USER account" on the XP machines
with the same name & password you're using on your Vista machine. Then logon
to the XP machines with the new ID, make sure you've "mapped" whatever you
need to access, and you should be done.



Regards,

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"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?