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Old 12-28-2007   #3 (permalink)
Hans-Georg Michna


 
 

Re: Networking VISTA & XP

On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:42:00 -0800, in need of help <in need of
help@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>I am having a problem viewing and accessing my XP machines from my VISTA
>machine. I have read all the threads and have tried it all.
>
>My host computer is the VISTA computer, and my other two are XPs. I have a
>wireless router and can access the intranet through them all. The two XP
>machines can see the VISTA machine, but the VISTA machine can not see the XP
>machines. I have
>
>I have updated the XP PCs with LLTD protocol as suggested
>I'm using the same Workgroup name at both machines.
>In Vista, I have - Network Discovery: ON, Network type set to Private, Media
>sharing:ON, File Sharing: ON, and Public Folder Sharing: ON
I think you're almost there. You could check
http://winhlp.com/node/179 for some more details. Perhaps the
last point---firewall---points at your particular problem.

If this also doesn't help, please describe which Vista and XP
versions you are using.

Hans-Georg
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