Vista - Help Network qeury?

I have recently had a new pc installed in the office. it is running windows
Vista home premium.

I need to do two things....

1: delete obsolete network connections on the 2 other office PCs (running
XP)

2: Set up my Vista pc as the host of a new network that allows the two other
PCs to access files on

any advice or pitfalls?

PS: the original network runs through a modem router which has 4 inputs for
the ethernets of the 3 pc to run into.

Cheers in advance.

You may need to install the LLTD on the Windows XP machines to see the Vista
machine. Be sure to enable media/file sharing; or simply use the 'Public'
folders to share information throughout the network.

LLTD download:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
--
Thanks,

James Mueller
http://www.sharepointcommunity.com


"The Forgotten" wrote:

> I have recently had a new pc installed in the office. it is running windows
> Vista home premium.
>
> I need to do two things....
>
> 1: delete obsolete network connections on the 2 other office PCs (running
> XP)
>
> 2: Set up my Vista pc as the host of a new network that allows the two other
> PCs to access files on
>
> any advice or pitfalls?
>
> PS: the original network runs through a modem router which has 4 inputs for
> the ethernets of the 3 pc to run into.
>
> Cheers in advance.
>
>
>

The public networking is NOT the way to go; it is for use in airports,
hotels, etc; hotspots (a security issue). You need private network to see
other computers on it. And in the 2 XP comps, change the workgroup name from
MSHOME to WORKGROUP; which is the same name of the vista workgroup, which is
WORKGROUP

"James Mueller" wrote:

> You may need to install the LLTD on the Windows XP machines to see the Vista
> machine. Be sure to enable media/file sharing; or simply use the 'Public'
> folders to share information throughout the network.
>
> LLTD download:
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> --
> Thanks,
>
> James Mueller
> http://www.sharepointcommunity.com
>
>
> "The Forgotten" wrote:
>
> > I have recently had a new pc installed in the office. it is running windows
> > Vista home premium.
> >
> > I need to do two things....
> >
> > 1: delete obsolete network connections on the 2 other office PCs (running
> > XP)
> >
> > 2: Set up my Vista pc as the host of a new network that allows the two other
> > PCs to access files on
> >
> > any advice or pitfalls?
> >
> > PS: the original network runs through a modem router which has 4 inputs for
> > the ethernets of the 3 pc to run into.
> >
> > Cheers in advance.
> >
> >
> >

Solved it all in minutes thanks to Network Magic. My only worry is that
will the network I have set up dissapear after the 20 day trial?


Anyone know?

TIA


"Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:07EF4D21-ED10-489B-8A98-0D17844BD0CE@microsoft.com...
> The public networking is NOT the way to go; it is for use in airports,
> hotels, etc; hotspots (a security issue). You need private network to see
> other computers on it. And in the 2 XP comps, change the workgroup name
> from
> MSHOME to WORKGROUP; which is the same name of the vista workgroup, which
> is
> WORKGROUP
>
> "James Mueller" wrote:
>
>> You may need to install the LLTD on the Windows XP machines to see the
>> Vista
>> machine. Be sure to enable media/file sharing; or simply use the
>> 'Public'
>> folders to share information throughout the network.
>>
>> LLTD download:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> James Mueller
>> http://www.sharepointcommunity.com
>>
>>
>> "The Forgotten" wrote:
>>
>> > I have recently had a new pc installed in the office. it is running
>> > windows
>> > Vista home premium.
>> >
>> > I need to do two things....
>> >
>> > 1: delete obsolete network connections on the 2 other office PCs
>> > (running
>> > XP)
>> >
>> > 2: Set up my Vista pc as the host of a new network that allows the two
>> > other
>> > PCs to access files on
>> >
>> > any advice or pitfalls?
>> >
>> > PS: the original network runs through a modem router which has 4 inputs
>> > for
>> > the ethernets of the 3 pc to run into.
>> >
>> > Cheers in advance.
>> >
>> >
>> >

Mick, I think you misunderstood my reply. I was referencing Public Folders;
not networks.

Glad to see you got it working though.

--
Thanks,

James Mueller
http://www.sharepointcommunity.com


"Mick" wrote:

> The public networking is NOT the way to go; it is for use in airports,
> hotels, etc; hotspots (a security issue). You need private network to see
> other computers on it. And in the 2 XP comps, change the workgroup name from
> MSHOME to WORKGROUP; which is the same name of the vista workgroup, which is
> WORKGROUP
>
> "James Mueller" wrote:
>
> > You may need to install the LLTD on the Windows XP machines to see the Vista
> > machine. Be sure to enable media/file sharing; or simply use the 'Public'
> > folders to share information throughout the network.
> >
> > LLTD download:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> > --
> > Thanks,
> >
> > James Mueller
> > http://www.sharepointcommunity.com
> >
> >
> > "The Forgotten" wrote:
> >
> > > I have recently had a new pc installed in the office. it is running windows
> > > Vista home premium.
> > >
> > > I need to do two things....
> > >
> > > 1: delete obsolete network connections on the 2 other office PCs (running
> > > XP)
> > >
> > > 2: Set up my Vista pc as the host of a new network that allows the two other
> > > PCs to access files on
> > >
> > > any advice or pitfalls?
> > >
> > > PS: the original network runs through a modem router which has 4 inputs for
> > > the ethernets of the 3 pc to run into.
> > >
> > > Cheers in advance.
> > >
> > >
> > >

"James Mueller" <JamesMueller@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:67D81B81-6C15-4E08-9BC2-197B0E638FBF@microsoft.com...
> Mick, I think you misunderstood my reply. I was referencing Public
> Folders;
> not networks.
>
> Glad to see you got it working though.
>
> --


No mate, I understood. cheers anyways