I would suspect your router before I'd suspect the application of the SPs. I
have both as well by the way and no problems.
Turn everything off cycle your router. Work on only one machine at a time.
Delete all connections and let Windows reestablish them. Get one machine
working before you move onto the next. (See the internet, get the proper IP
from router--same subnet, DNS working, log onto the router admin page,
verify sharing.)
"Jim Leder" <k8cxm@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Old topic, but I am stumped. My Vista laptop (wireless) is unable to see
> or connect to my XP desktop. It once worked perfectly, but then I made the
> unfortunate mistake of upgrading XP to SP3 and doing the SP1 upgrade to
> Vista. It's been non-functioning ever since. I've spent the last 4 hours
> trying to get it going again and have attempted many thing to no avail:
>
> -Installed the LLTD patch on XP, since it was left out of SP3
> -Pings work from Vista to the router, the XP system and even a WIN98
> system on the network
> -Pings work from the XP system to the WIN98 system and the router, but not
> to the Vista system (not good)
> -disabled all firewalls (XP's and Vista's) , no change
> -changed all Workgroup names, no change
> -the Vista system sees nothing on the network, XP sees the Vista system
>
> The pings that fail from the XP system to the Vista system are
> problematic, however the stupid XP system does SEE the Vista system when
> it comes online, it just can't get to it, firewall or not (again the
> failing pings).
>
> As I said, this worked perfectly for 6 months, and I now kick myself for
> applying all the upgrades, but I guess I am one of the idiots that trusted
> MS. Maybe it's a simple answer, but I don't see it.
>
> HELP.
>
> --
> Jim Bob Buckeye
> AKA
> **** Jim Leder****
> K8CXM since 1961
> IBM retiree since 1999
>
> There are 10 types of people in this world -- those who understand binary
> and those who don't.
>
>