Humbly must admit the problem was me, not as in Microsoft ME but me as in
Robert.
I had been using the wrong printer name in setting up the local port.
Problem resolved, Vista once again vindicated. yeah Vista.
Robert
"Robert J. Lafayette" <xyz1234@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:80B020E9-B0CE-4D98-84DE-0958F4889CBE@xxxxxx
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>
> Please recall Vista machine can not access anything on XP Machine and XP
> Machine can see ALL relevant items: folders and printers on Vista Machine.
>
> XP Machine can print to Vista's printer.
>
> All settings seem correct in both, which I am sure one thing is set
> incorrectly, and the special Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD)
> Responder is installed on XP Machine.
>
> Yet Vista can not see XP Machine, printer or folders. How to start from
> scratch?
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5009B857-E1D6-40D7-AAFD-942FC3E14527@xxxxxx Quote:
>> If you have printer hooked to XP, and you want Vista to access it and use
>> it,
>> you need to have that printer's Vista compatible Driver software
>> installed on
>> Vista.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> "Robert J. Lafayette" wrote:
>> Quote:
>>> Baffling problem:
>>>
>>> Two machines: Vista Home premium, XP Home.
>>>
>>> Both computers show up on Verizon's Webtel 327w network address.
>>>
>>> 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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