Vista - Vista does not recognize my LAN

I installed Vista Beta 2, Build 5384 on a computer than was previously
running Windows Server 2003 on a local area network. Vista finds my router
and can get to the Internet, but it does not acknowledge the presence of my
LAN or the other computers on it. I would appreciate any suggestions

Hello, please make sure the following settings are set correctly:

- Click Start
- Click Control Panel
- Click Network and Internet
- Click Network Center
- Look under the Network Details heading
- Look for the line that reads "Network Category"
- If this is not set to Private, click the Change to Private link to the
right.
- Look under the General heading
- Look for the line that reads "Discovery and Sharing"
- If this is not set to Allowed, click the Allow link to the right.

Also, you can control how other computers access the shared folders on your
Vista computer from the File and Printer Sharing control panel.

Click Start
Click Control Panel
Click Network and Internet
Click Network File and Printer Sharing

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Hello Jimmy,

Thank you for your very prompt reply. I had already done all the things you
suggested yesterday. However, just now, after reading your reply, I checked
my network. Now it shows up! I didn't do anything to it. Just the passage of
time is the only difference. Does this make sense?
--
moontube


"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Hello, please make sure the following settings are set correctly:
>
> - Click Start
> - Click Control Panel
> - Click Network and Internet
> - Click Network Center
> - Look under the Network Details heading
> - Look for the line that reads "Network Category"
> - If this is not set to Private, click the Change to Private link to the
> right.
> - Look under the General heading
> - Look for the line that reads "Discovery and Sharing"
> - If this is not set to Allowed, click the Allow link to the right.
>
> Also, you can control how other computers access the shared folders on your
> Vista computer from the File and Printer Sharing control panel.
>
> Click Start
> Click Control Panel
> Click Network and Internet
> Click Network File and Printer Sharing
>
> - JB
>
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

It doesn't make sense ... although I'm not surprised, I have heard other
people say it takes a while for their network to show up ... but, I'm glad
it's working for you, anyway .

- JB

Vista Support FAQ
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Perhaps instead of merely a "handshake," Vista really has to get to know the
other network before it becomes intimate...

--
Mark

My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6BCD8A3F-530C-4741-8D46-70F17068B347@microsoft.com...
> It doesn't make sense ... although I'm not surprised, I have heard other
> people say it takes a while for their network to show up ... but, I'm glad
> it's working for you, anyway .
>
> - JB
>
> Vista Support FAQ
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Hi Mark and Jimmy.

Unfortunately, the other computers on my network have disappeared again. the
workgroups do not show up, although they did for that one bright shining
moment when they magically appeared. I don't know why they appeared and now I
don't know why they are gone again, with me doing nothing in between times. I
do not have a high degree of confidence in a system that comes and goes
without explanation. Add to this the fact that my DVD drive will not spin up
when I put a DVD or CD in it, and I am not able to do much with Vista.
--
moontube


"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

> Perhaps instead of merely a "handshake," Vista really has to get to know the
> other network before it becomes intimate...
>
> --
> Mark
>
> My favourite so far: Unknown device has been correctly installed.
>
>
> "Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6BCD8A3F-530C-4741-8D46-70F17068B347@microsoft.com...
> > It doesn't make sense ... although I'm not surprised, I have heard other
> > people say it takes a while for their network to show up ... but, I'm glad
> > it's working for you, anyway .
> >
> > - JB
> >
> > Vista Support FAQ
> > http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>