Forgot to mention...
The only way that I can see the desktop computer running xp on the network
is to click on "View full map".....
Unfortunately, when I do, nothing happens.....
network is set to private
network discovery is on,
file sharing is on, basically sharing and
discovery is on....
"Vicntc" wrote:
Quote:
> I am helping a friend with his computers at home. He has an old Windows98
> machine, an XP Home machine and a recently purchased Toshiba laptop running
> Vista Home Premium.
>
> He wants to get the data off his Win98 PC onto the laptop before retiring it
> and he wants to be able to print from the laptop to the Canon Pixma printer
> (ip3000?) attached to the XP Home PC.
>
> I have configured File and Printer sharing on all three machines.
> I have configured an identical account on all three PC's.
> I have confirmed that all three have the same Workgroup name.
>
> The XP PC and the Win98 PC are directly connected to a DLink wired/wireless
> router.
> The Vista PC is connected wirelessly through the same DLink router.
> All machines have full, unencumbered Internet access.
>
> I have downloaded and installed the additional network drivers (LLTD) that
> the Microsoft Knowledgebase article (see below) said I would need to install
> on the XP machine before it would see and be seen by the Vista PC.
> [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120/en-us - This problem occurs if the
> Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder component is not installed on
> the Windows XP-based computer...]
>
> The Windows XP machine can see the Win98 and the Vista PC but cannot connect
> to the Vista PC (shared folder).
> The Win98 PC can see and connect to the XP machine/shares and printer
> The Vista PC can see the XP PC when I manually browse in the Vista
> equivalent of Network neighbourhood but I cannot see or directly connect to
> the shared printer.
>
> Any suggestions on where I go next to get the Vista PC to see/connect to the
> printer? and/or XP based file shares?
>
> Thank you.