My husband and I have 2 laptops which I've networked through a wireless
router and have no problem connecting individually to the Internet or
printer. Both use Vista Ultimate. A full map view shows us connected through
the same private network, both computer names are listed the same way, and
the workgroup is the same. I have turned off Windows Firewall. But I still
cannot open/view my laptop from his computer or his from mine in order to
access/share files. I also signed us both in for "people near me" and
"meeting space" to see if that made any difference. But it didn't. I don't
know what I'm missing. Can anyone help? Thanks.

jcolwrite wrote:

> My husband and I have 2 laptops which I've networked through a wireless
> router and have no problem connecting individually to the Internet or
> printer. Both use Vista Ultimate. A full map view shows us connected
> through the same private network, both computer names are listed the same
> way, and
> the workgroup is the same. I have turned off Windows Firewall. But I
> still cannot open/view my laptop from his computer or his from mine in
> order to
> access/share files. I also signed us both in for "people near me" and
> "meeting space" to see if that made any difference. But it didn't. I
> don't
> know what I'm missing. Can anyone help? Thanks.

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
and folders:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx


Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
Don't Panic!

Just right off the bat, make sure your network is marked "private" rather
than "public." See what that gets you.

"jcolwrite" <jcolwrite@xxxxxx> wrote in message
newsE95A637-2F65-48EF-A371-4ECCC30168CF@xxxxxx

> My husband and I have 2 laptops which I've networked through a wireless
> router and have no problem connecting individually to the Internet or
> printer. Both use Vista Ultimate. A full map view shows us connected
> through
> the same private network, both computer names are listed the same way, and
> the workgroup is the same. I have turned off Windows Firewall. But I
> still
> cannot open/view my laptop from his computer or his from mine in order to
> access/share files. I also signed us both in for "people near me" and
> "meeting space" to see if that made any difference. But it didn't. I
> don't
> know what I'm missing. Can anyone help? Thanks.