one more note:
Vista machine is hard wired via Ethernet, and XP machine is a wireless
laptop.
"Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Baffling problem:
>
> Two machines: Vista Home premium, XP Home.
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> Both computers show up on Verizon's Webtel 327w network address.
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> On XP machine the local (connected to XP machine) USB printer works only
> from XP machine and can not print from Vista machine even after using
> network setup wizard both ways-- from Vista to XP, and XP to Vista.
>
> Can ping from XP to Vista, but not from Vista to XP, even with firewall on
> XP turned off.
>
> On XP can see shared folders.
>
> Start> Network -- Shows two computers: Bob Slimline and STEPH.
>
> On Vista again, nothing can be accessed from XP Machine. Though the XP
> machine is seen it can not be accessed by double clicking on it. Says
> computer name may be spelled incorrectly though it is not, or says there
> may be a network problem which there seems to be.
>
> All appropriate authorizations seems to be made correctly on both
> machines.
>
> On Vista machine: its USB printer works from both Vista machine AND XP
> Machine.
>
> Could drivers be the cause?, though I am manually installing same printer
> driver on Vista machine that is being used on the XP Machine during the
> add a printer process, though the driver I add is different than the
> driver that MS supplies internally for the printer if I connect the
> printer directly to my Vista machine. (this because the manufacturer
> supplied driver causes problems., so I use an older driver).
>
> Printing did work however a few days ago, admittedly I recently added a
> new wireless adapter to the XP machine as its internal adapter kept losing
> the signal. This should have no effect.
>
> Am unsure what else has changed.
>
> Spent too many hours doing and redoing, so I must ask: please advise in
> detail.
>
> Robert
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