Vista - Network PC's Where Are You

In the Network window, when it's finished not finding your other computers,
can you directly access a computer by name?

Click in the address bar somehwere to the right of >Network>
Type \\computername

Does this connect to the machine as does using its IP address?


"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I am fianlly trying to work with VISTA. I have been holding off for sometime
now but as they say all good things comet to an end sometime and I guess now
is my time.
I have a small workgroup of 6 Windows XP Home PC's. I just got a new laptop
with Vista Home Basic and have joined it to the workgroup. Now when I try to
find the other PC's in the network I can only see my laptop and no other
computers. I would like to connect to a shared directory on our (so called)
server (just another workstation that has all our shared data) but cannot
see
any other computers in the network. I can however pping the other computers
and can connect to them by typing \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX in the browser but I
want
to connect like I do through a my network places or something.
Any suggestions would be appreicated.....

Thanks,

If you're trying to make XP machines show in the Vista network map, you may
want to read KB922120

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"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am fianlly trying to work with VISTA. I have been holding off for
>sometime
> now but as they say all good things comet to an end sometime and I guess
> now
> is my time.
> I have a small workgroup of 6 Windows XP Home PC's. I just got a new
> laptop
> with Vista Home Basic and have joined it to the workgroup. Now when I try
> to
> find the other PC's in the network I can only see my laptop and no other
> computers. I would like to connect to a shared directory on our (so
> called)
> server (just another workstation that has all our shared data) but cannot
> see
> any other computers in the network. I can however pping the other
> computers
> and can connect to them by typing \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX in the browser but I
> want
> to connect like I do through a my network places or something.
> Any suggestions would be appreicated.....
>
> Thanks,

MS can say what they want, but I've found it a gargantuan PITA to network XP
and Vista. You have to install LLDP on all the XP boxes, reboot everything,
and then fumble through all the firewall settings on XP to get things to
work. If you're really lucky, your ability to see the XP boxes from Vistas'
"Network" folder will work consistently. On my network, it's very
inconsistent. The XP boxes are always ping-able and I can attach drives
using "net use", and I can even go to my xp shares in the explorer windows
by manually entering "\\pcname\sharename" in the explorer address bar. But
discovery remains a very in and out proposition. Very frustrating.

"Justin" <Justin@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:45A27A94-1DA7-4BC3-9B40-3B6EAD49DA71@microsoft.com...
>I am fianlly trying to work with VISTA. I have been holding off for
>sometime
> now but as they say all good things comet to an end sometime and I guess
> now
> is my time.
> I have a small workgroup of 6 Windows XP Home PC's. I just got a new
> laptop
> with Vista Home Basic and have joined it to the workgroup. Now when I try
> to
> find the other PC's in the network I can only see my laptop and no other
> computers. I would like to connect to a shared directory on our (so
> called)
> server (just another workstation that has all our shared data) but cannot
> see
> any other computers in the network. I can however pping the other
> computers
> and can connect to them by typing \\XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX in the browser but I
> want
> to connect like I do through a my network places or something.
> Any suggestions would be appreicated.....
>
> Thanks,