CElliott

I had essentially the same problme as you. I could share a directory with
WinXP and Server 2003, but not with Win2K. In Explorer on the Vista
computer I selected the directory, then right-clicked it, and selected
Share, then Advanced. Then I added Everyone to the groups and gave it full
control. Now there is no problme; the Win2K machine can see and read the
directory. I also before this change had issued the command "NET USE
\\ComputerName\Directory password /User:ComputerName\Administrator," from
the Win2K machine, where ComputerName is the name of the Vista RC1 machine,
but I don't know if that matters.

CElliott.

"tomorrows_man" <tomorrowsman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95AED075-8079-46B8-BDCF-3AE2B35AA413@microsoft.com...
> 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.