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03-06-2007
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| | can't access shared forders on vista computer through VPN I have a Vista Business at work and want to access its shared folders from home from a laptop that I bring home that runs WinXP Pro. There is a VPN connection to my work network. I can ping the Vista machine and even connect to it through Remote Desktop from home (I post this message being connected to the Vista machine). I can access the Vista machine from the same laptop when I am at work. In the network sharing center on the Vista machine everything is on except media sharing. The network type is private. If I disable the Windows Firewall I can connect from home, however I do not want to run in this mode. What changes to the Windows Firewall do I need to do (i.e. allow exceptions fopr some programs or set some rules) to gain access through to the shared files on the Vista machine? Thanks, Peter |
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05-03-2007
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| | Re: can't access shared forders on vista computer through VPN Peter, Enable "File and Printer Sharing" exception on Windows Firewall. -- Thanks, Rama Amaravadi [MSFT] RRAS blog: http://blogs.technet.com/rrasblog [This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.] "peterkp07" <peterkp07@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F0C0353D-7E3D-4951-807C-6D2FE31C9559@microsoft.com... >I have a Vista Business at work and want to access its shared folders from > home from a laptop that I bring home that runs WinXP Pro. There is a VPN > connection to my work network. I can ping the Vista machine and even > connect > to it through Remote Desktop from home (I post this message being > connected > to the Vista machine). > I can access the Vista machine from the same laptop when I am at work. > In the network sharing center on the Vista machine everything is on except > media sharing. The network type is private. > If I disable the Windows Firewall I can connect from home, however I do > not > want to run in this mode. > > What changes to the Windows Firewall do I need to do (i.e. allow > exceptions > fopr some programs or set some rules) to gain access through to the shared > files on the Vista machine? > > Thanks, > Peter |
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