Mick

Dave B wrote:

> I have just switched to a brand new Vista computer as the primary
> computer on my network. I even got Ultimate to have the best. Now I
> can't see the other computer on the network because it has been
> determined to be a "has been", what with only having XP on it.
>
> I have searched high and low, talked to people who [should] know, and
> have yet to hear someone explain how it is that MicroSoft, in all of
> its glory, could launch such a major marketing campaign to get us to
> all sign on to the new OS ... they never thought to think that maybe,
> just maybe ... someone somewhere just might want to have an XP
> computer exist in peace and harmony with a Vista computer?????
>
> Now you're saying that I should call tech support ... fabulous idea,
> in fact I did that very thing ... started with HP cuz it's their
> computer but "That's a Microsoft problem, you gotta call them" ...
> okie dokie, call Microsoft but damned if "HP is supposed to
> troubleshoot it cuz it came on their computer" ... what fun, so call
> back HP, get a bit pissy, he tries to help, tells me to d/l a patch
> from Microsoft.com, which I do ... the excitement is building, we're
> gonna resolve the problem with a patch, yeah!!! ... re-boot
> everything and .... and ... nothing, nada, nyet. Then he tells me I
> can pay $69.99 to talk to their networking dudes who may or may not
> be able to help me. So, here we are now ........
>
> I mean, come on now ... let's THINK PEOPLE!!!!!! There needs to be a
> fix to this NOW to let these computers do what they are supposed to
> do!!! This is a step backwards!! This should have been anticipated
> and worked out PRIOR to letting the world buy it and screw up their
> small network connectivity. I doubt if I am the only one that
> doesn't have the cash to just run out and update all my computers
> and/or operating systems every time MicroSoft decided to lauch a new
> version of Windows!
>
> Undoubtedly, someone will offer apologies, and ineffectual
> explanations ... bottom line is that this isn't an uncommon thing
> and I can't think of any [rational] argument to convince me that it
> should not have been taken care of before the launch. It doesn't
> matter if it's a cable problem, OS problem, security problem,
> whatever ... We don't care why it isn't working, just get it fixed so
> it does work!!!!!! You had time to spend moving all the buttons
> around so we get to play hide and seek finding them, the least you
> could do is retain the previous networking functionality!!
>
> Anyone out there that can shed some light on this ... and more
> importantly, how to overcome this problem ... all in language that us
> non-brilliant-tecchies can understand?????

I had this issue - problem solved by MS in article KB922120 which is
a down-load to place on each XP machine - makes them visible to Vista
machines allowing a full newtwrok map to be produced.

Mick

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