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Old 08-08-2007   #4 (permalink)
Justin


 
 

Re: Network PC's Where Are You

It is in the Private network already

"Synapse Syndrome" wrote:

> "Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:45A27A94-1DA7-4BC3-9B40-3B6EAD49DA71@microsoft.com...
> >I am fianlly trying to work with VISTA. I have been holding off for
> >sometime
> > now but as they say all good things comet to an end sometime and I guess
> > now
> > is my time.
> > I have a small workgroup of 6 Windows XP Home PC's. I just got a new
> > laptop
> > with Vista Home Basic and have joined it to the workgroup. Now when I try
> > to
> > find the other PC's in the network I can only see my laptop and no other
> > computers. I would like to connect to a shared directory on our (so
> > called)
> > server (just another workstation that has all our shared data) but cannot
> > see
> > any other computers in the network. I can however pping the other
> > computers
> > and can connect to them by typing \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX in the browser but I
> > want
> > to connect like I do through a my network places or something.
> > Any suggestions would be appreicated.....

>
>
> In the Network and Sharing Centre, change Network from a Pulic network to a
> Private one.
>
> ss.
>
>
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