Run XP's Home Network file and Printer sharing wizard.
If using norton, etc, check for exceptions in their firewall for sharing.
network discovery:ON in vista??
workgroup name the same?
vista'a public folder is Xp's shared doc's
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"Jason" wrote:
Quote:
> I have recently purchased a laptop with Vista Home Premium, only to discover
> that it wouldn't recognize my desktop machine on the network. The desktop is
> Windows Media Center Edition (XP Pro). I've installed the Topical Link-Layer
> Discovery update on the XP machine, and about once out of every three visits
> to the "Network" through Explorer, my desktop will show up, but trying to
> access it (ever) will give an error that essentially says "Sorry, chump, I
> asked DNS about that PC, but there's no record of it existing." (Except, with
> a Brooklyn accent.)
>
> I'm fairly tech-savvy, so I've done my googling. I've tried enabling the
> sharing options on the Vista machine, setting up accounts with the same user
> ID & password on both machines - the standard response to this problem.
> Unfortuneately, none of these things have solved this issue.
>
> Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated. I've got software (source
> code - I'm a programmer) and media on my desktop that I really need to get to
> from my laptop.
>
> TIA,
> Jason
>