PEF,
Sorry..
For the Vista box, I have Bitdefender Internet Security 2008 and for the XP
brick I have Zone Alarm.
I have disabled the Windows firewall on both machines and also these
firewalls, but the behavior is the same.
Thanks for replying.
"PEF" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi
>
> Did not mention which antivirus or 3rd party firewall if its present
>
> Regards
>
> PEF
>
>
> "Sid" <Sid@xxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje de noticias
> news:8DB401CD-7D55-4519-8668-FD997B3E0AC3@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I gotta say, no computer problem has ever caused me this much grief or
> >caused
> > me to cuss so much in my life, so hopefully someone can help me...
> >
> > I have been trying for the good part of a month to set up a network
> > between
> > ONE Vista machine and ONE XP Machine, and have been told to go screw
> > myself
> > by my Vista machine at every turn, everyday...
> >
> > I've realized I posted about this awhile ago but here is my problem again
> > in
> > a nutshell:
> >
> > *The XP Machine cannot see the Vista Machine, ever.
> > *The Vista Machine will occassionally show the XP machine in the Network
> > Folder, about 25% of the time.
> > *I am sometimes able to access the XP machine using \\ip address. When
> > this
> > is successful, sometimes I am able to actually read/write to folders,
> > other
> > times access is denied.
> > *If the XP machine shows up in the Network Folder, it is almost guaranteed
> > that I won't be able to access it via \\ip address. If the XP machine does
> > not show up in the Network forlder, then I have a better chance of using
> > \\ip
> > address.
> > *The XP machine always comes out in the Network Map.
> >
> > I have a Linksys WRT350N wireless router. The Vista box is connected with
> > a
> > cable, and the XP brick is connected wirelessly.
> >
> > I have determined the following, beyond a doubt:
> > *The problem lies with the Vista box and not the XP brick because I have a
> > Archos portable media player (its OS is Linux based I believe), and both
> > the
> > player and the brick can see each other and interact just fine.
> > *It maybe a problem with NetBios Over TCP/IP, as ipconfig.txt says it is
> > disabled on all my adapters (even thoe it is clearly enabled in WINS tab).
> > *It maybe a problem with the NT Browser Service, as browstat.txt says
> > browsing is not active on the domain, I cannot find it in the service
> > list.
> >
> > (I've tried everything in PChuck articles and all Mick Murphy suggestions,
> > the standard stuff I guess)
> > (the output of the ipconfig.txt and browstat.txt is included in a reply)
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any help, sorry if I sound rude. :P
>