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Old 07-30-2007   #1 (permalink)
Trevor
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Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them


I can see all my shares on my Vista PC from the XP Pro PC. Also I can
open them and do whatever is necessary.

I can also "see" all my shares on my XP PC from Vista but can't open
any of them.

I have disabled the firewalls on both machines to no avail.

I have insured my permissions are correct. I have updated both
PC's with all the latest updates.

ARRRR.....Can somebody help?????

PS - I have spent the last 5 hours in google looking for solutions but
none of the sites have offered anything that works.



Respectfully,

Trev

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Old 08-02-2007   #2 (permalink)
Gunrunnerjohn
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Re: Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them

Perhaps you could tell us the exact symptoms when you try to open them.

On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:10:08 GMT, Trevor <Trevor@Newsgroups.com> wrote:

>
>I can see all my shares on my Vista PC from the XP Pro PC. Also I can
>open them and do whatever is necessary.
>
>I can also "see" all my shares on my XP PC from Vista but can't open
>any of them.
>
>I have disabled the firewalls on both machines to no avail.
>
>I have insured my permissions are correct. I have updated both
>PC's with all the latest updates.
>
>ARRRR.....Can somebody help?????
>
>PS - I have spent the last 5 hours in google looking for solutions but
>none of the sites have offered anything that works.
>
>
>
>Respectfully,
>
>Trev


John Will
Microsoft MVP - Networking
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Old 08-03-2007   #3 (permalink)
curious
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Re: Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:23:42 -0400, Gunrunnerjohn <nobody@world.com>
wrote:

>Perhaps you could tell us the exact symptoms when you try to open them.



I get an access denied error.
I can see the shares and share names but I just keep getting access
denied. I could be more a problem with XP's ability to cope with Vista
than vise versa....just not sure.

Thanks.


>
>On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 22:10:08 GMT, Trevor <Trevor@Newsgroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>I can see all my shares on my Vista PC from the XP Pro PC. Also I can
>>open them and do whatever is necessary.
>>
>>I can also "see" all my shares on my XP PC from Vista but can't open
>>any of them.
>>
>>I have disabled the firewalls on both machines to no avail.
>>
>>I have insured my permissions are correct. I have updated both
>>PC's with all the latest updates.
>>
>>ARRRR.....Can somebody help?????
>>
>>PS - I have spent the last 5 hours in google looking for solutions but
>>none of the sites have offered anything that works.
>>
>>
>>
>>Respectfully,
>>
>>Trev

>
>John Will
>Microsoft MVP - Networking


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Old 08-03-2007   #4 (permalink)
Trevor
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Re: Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them

On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:23:42 -0400, Gunrunnerjohn <nobody@world.com>
wrote:

>Perhaps you could tell us the exact symptoms when you try to open them.


I get an access denied error.
I can see the shares and share names but I just keep getting access
denied. I could be more a problem with XP's ability to cope with Vista
than vise versa....just not sure.

Thanks.

Trev
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 08-03-2007   #5 (permalink)
VistaNewbie
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Re: Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them

It's hard to say exactly what the issue might be without understanding what
articles you viewed and what workarounds you've tried so far. I might be
giving you a workaround you've already tried, but this can happen if NTLM 2
support is not enabled on your Windows XP computer.

Try a Windows Live search instead of google, you'll get better results

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?...Amicrosoft.com

This article, specifically, has a few things to try out (including enabling
NTLM 2 support on your XP machine):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Good luck.


"Trevor" <noway@here.com> wrote in message
news:bs27b3lpfeheslhhsrg0s7t3g1v77nednp@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:23:42 -0400, Gunrunnerjohn <nobody@world.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Perhaps you could tell us the exact symptoms when you try to open them.

>
> I get an access denied error.
> I can see the shares and share names but I just keep getting access
> denied. I could be more a problem with XP's ability to cope with Vista
> than vise versa....just not sure.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Trev


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Old 08-04-2007   #6 (permalink)
Trevor
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Re: Can see XP shares in Vista Home Premium but can't open them

This is what <VistaNewbie> shared with us today ...

>It's hard to say exactly what the issue might be without understanding what
>articles you viewed and what workarounds you've tried so far. I might be
>giving you a workaround you've already tried, but this can happen if NTLM 2
>support is not enabled on your Windows XP computer.
>
>Try a Windows Live search instead of google, you'll get better results
>
>http://search.live.com/results.aspx?...Amicrosoft.com
>
>This article, specifically, has a few things to try out (including enabling
>NTLM 2 support on your XP machine):
>http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
>Good luck.
>


Thanks so much for that tip. I see a service called NTLM but not NTLM
2. Is this something I have to download? Else, where might I find out
how to enable (or verify if its enabled)?


Respectfully,

Trev
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