You could try in vista>Network and Sharing>Password Protected:OFF
Have a read below.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
Permissions/Share info is there as well.
If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)
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 (passwords can be different) 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, or a Vista computer.
Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard to include Vista in your “New” Network, even if you had an XP Network
set up prior to adding a Vista computer to it(redoing the Wizard seems to
work for XP machines!).
In “My Network Places”: “Set up a Home or Small Office Network”
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.
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Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
"Loles" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi!
>
> ¿How to connect a Vista PC with an XP portable PC wirelessly?
> I think I have some how connected both PCs for I can see each PC on the
> other's network places folder in the windows explorer, but I am not able to
> open any shared folder nor add any files to them.
> From the Vista PC, when I click on the XP PC in the network folder of
> windows explorer, I get a little window asking me for a user name and
> password. I thought it was the user name and password of that XP PC I wanted
> to access to from Vista PC, but was not recognized as a valid logon name or
> password.
> Is there any trick to it?
>
> Thank you for any help on this
> Cordially yours
> Loles
>
>