MVP Barb Bowman has written a good article on setting up a home network.
It's about Vista Beta 2 but it should still be appropriate for RC1.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...etworking.mspx
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Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
http://www.vistahelp.ca
tomorrows_man wrote:
> So far, I have not found a clear answer to this question anywhere, so
> I will try to request one here:
>
> I have four machines in my home network connected through a Belkin
> router. Two machines are wired, two wireless. Three are running XP,
> one is now running Vista RC1. The Vista machine is wired. When all
> four machines were on the workgroup "COSTELLO," they could all
> see/share with each other.
>
> Since installing Vista RC1, I have not been able to access the Vista
> machine from any of the others. I can access the XP machines from
> the Vista machine, but not vice-versa.
>
> I have shared the Vista's folders; I have enabled full access for
> "Everyone," I have even tried turning off the firewall. It simply
> will not work.
>
> I could go into a longer list of the things I have tried, but in most
> of these posts the topic is getting muddier because we are each using
> different permutations to try to get this working. If possible, I
> would like to find out -- step-by-step -- how a Vista machine should
> be set up in order to share with XP machines on a home network.
>
> Cheers.