http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions are there, too.
If you are running Norton, Trend Micro, McAfee, etc’s Firewall, check its
settings to make sure it allows file and printer sharing..
1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.
In Vista Network and Sharing:
Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
File Sharing: ON
Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)
Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.
Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
"Michael Moser" wrote:
Quote:
> With my Vista laptop practically every day getting access to several
> file shares that are on a Windows XP box causes me a major
> headache. Every other day or so it takes me at least 15 minutes to
> finally get access to a share that I need for my daily work.
>
> Initially the system often reports, that it couldn't find the other
> system (which is a clear lie, since one can perfectly ping the other
> side, even by system name, not just by IP address) or it reports
> right away that access was denied (without even asking for a pwd).
>
> I then usually delete all cached credentials (using "net use * /d").
> This at least triggers, that the login dialog pops up again when trying
> to open a share on the other system, but even though the user id
> and the pwd are clearly correct, the response is normally "logon
> unsuccessful - check ... ". Usually after dozens of attempts at some
> point things then suddenly work again, sometimes I have to wait
> for like half an hour and then try again, but I haven't yet been
> able to figure out, why and when. And esp. not been able to
> reliably reproduce this and getting it working in a controlled way
> and right away.
>
> This endless begging and wondering every morning is driving me
> nuts!
>
> Michael
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