Hi Everyone,

I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
should be really simple but it's not.

Here's my problem:

I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).

In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
name correctly).



In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
the XP machine.

My settings on Vista machine are:
Network type: private
Network discovery: on
File sharing: On
Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
printer sharing: on
password protected sharing: off (also tried on)

I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
party).
My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Aidan

"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> should be really simple but it's not.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
>
> In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> name correctly).
>
> In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> the XP machine.
>
> My settings on Vista machine are:
> Network type: private
> Network discovery: on
> File sharing: On
> Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> printer sharing: on
> password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
>
> I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> party).
> My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Aidan

I found the same problem.Have basically the same setup, one computer with XP
pro and one with Vista Ultimate.

I was finally able to access files on my Vista machine from the XP machine
after going through the procedure on "Sharing Files" on the
http://windowshelp.microcsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/ site.

But I could never access the XP computer from the Vista one.

I keep getting Windows cannot access\\KAREN check the spelling of the name,
Otherwise there might be a problem with your network.....
The spelling was checked and rechecked, it shows up on the network but I
can't access it.

After a lot of fiddling with it, I got it to work eventually but I did not
change any settings. I tried to set up Windows Easy transfer to transfer
files between the 2 machines but that did not detect the other computer. I
tried pinging from one machine to the other and I could not ping by computer
name but then I tried pinging by IP address and I was able to ping. After
that I was able to ping by computer name and then I was able to find the
VIsta computer by searching for the IP address. After it found it by IP
address, it was able to find it by machine name. Still the XP machine was not
showing up in Vista network but I eventually got to it by typing the address
into windows explorer (I had to try \\IP address before getting it to find
\\machine name). After this, it showed up in network. But even after all this
Windows Easy Transfer still could not recognize an other machine on the
network. Now I'm afraid to turn off either machine in case I loose the
networking again.

It seems to me like networking in Vista is really buggy and is pretty much a
hit or miss thing depending on your luck. I happen to be reasonably
technically profficient and my setup is very simple with no 3rd party
firewalls or anything unusual in the mix and yet it's baffled the hell out of
me and I still don't understand why it didn't work then but works now,
without changing any settings. I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.





"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> should be really simple but it's not.
>
> Here's my problem:
>
> I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
>
> In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> name correctly).
>
> In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> the XP machine.
>
> My settings on Vista machine are:
> Network type: private
> Network discovery: on
> File sharing: On
> Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> printer sharing: on
> password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
>
> I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> party).
> My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Aidan

We have the same problem: the Vista machine pings, it has Internet access,
but it cannot "see" the XP machines. We can "see" the Vista machine from one
of the XP machines, but cannot connect. Also cannot connect to the network
printer from the XP machine. Fun & games. Makes a Home Office environment
extremely problematic. I would never have gotten Vista if HP hadn't lost my
new computer twice in Tech Support & had to replace it.

"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> After a lot of fiddling with it, I got it to work eventually but I did not
> change any settings. I tried to set up Windows Easy transfer to transfer
> files between the 2 machines but that did not detect the other computer. I
> tried pinging from one machine to the other and I could not ping by computer
> name but then I tried pinging by IP address and I was able to ping. After
> that I was able to ping by computer name and then I was able to find the
> VIsta computer by searching for the IP address. After it found it by IP
> address, it was able to find it by machine name. Still the XP machine was not
> showing up in Vista network but I eventually got to it by typing the address
> into windows explorer (I had to try \\IP address before getting it to find
> \\machine name). After this, it showed up in network. But even after all this
> Windows Easy Transfer still could not recognize an other machine on the
> network. Now I'm afraid to turn off either machine in case I loose the
> networking again.
>
> It seems to me like networking in Vista is really buggy and is pretty much a
> hit or miss thing depending on your luck. I happen to be reasonably
> technically profficient and my setup is very simple with no 3rd party
> firewalls or anything unusual in the mix and yet it's baffled the hell out of
> me and I still don't understand why it didn't work then but works now,
> without changing any settings. I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
> tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
> This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
> troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
> Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Aidan Curran" wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> > should be really simple but it's not.
> >
> > Here's my problem:
> >
> > I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> > are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> > same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
> >
> > In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> > name correctly).
> >
> > In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> > 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> > that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> > The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> > access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> > the XP machine.
> >
> > My settings on Vista machine are:
> > Network type: private
> > Network discovery: on
> > File sharing: On
> > Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> > printer sharing: on
> > password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
> >
> > I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> > party).
> > My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> > spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aidan

"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
> tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
> This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
> troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
> Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.

Wow, you must be talking about me! Sorry I don't have a solution to offer,
but essentially the same problem, and I honestly have no idea how to do half
the things Aidan mentioned previously. Trying to network my new Vista
notebook with my XP desktop through a Netgear wireless router, and use the
desktop hard drive space and the printer. That's it.
I've gotten to the point where I could see the desktop and printer from the
notebook but could only access "shared" folder and could not access the
printer. I've tried dozens of things in this forum in one combination or
another but nothing seems to be working. I have a feeling that if I just had
2 XP machines that I would run the network wizard on both and I would have
been up and running days ago.

Jason

It appears to me that Vista is still really just a beta product, judging by
how common these type of problems are. It will probably be a year or 2 more
before Microsoft sort it out with service packs and it is ready for
mainstream use. I'm regretting not just going with XP for my new system. Now
I'm trying to figure out how to dual boot it with a version of Win 2000
because I've hit so many other problems trying to run my existing
applications in Vista that I don't think I will ever be able to get it to a
point where I can do my work. If anyone has any advise on installing Win2k
AFTER Vista that would be very much appreciated (I already have a free
primary partition. My problem is that I cannot get the Win2k cd to start up
from boot).

"Jason G" wrote:

>
>
> "Aidan Curran" wrote:
>
> > I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
> > tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
> > This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
> > troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
> > Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.
>
> Wow, you must be talking about me! Sorry I don't have a solution to offer,
> but essentially the same problem, and I honestly have no idea how to do half
> the things Aidan mentioned previously. Trying to network my new Vista
> notebook with my XP desktop through a Netgear wireless router, and use the
> desktop hard drive space and the printer. That's it.
> I've gotten to the point where I could see the desktop and printer from the
> notebook but could only access "shared" folder and could not access the
> printer. I've tried dozens of things in this forum in one combination or
> another but nothing seems to be working. I have a feeling that if I just had
> 2 XP machines that I would run the network wizard on both and I would have
> been up and running days ago.
>
> Jason

My fear of loosing the networking after a reboot turned out to be vaild. I
rebooted Vista and my mapped network drive on the XP machine is no longer
working ("An error occuered while reconnecting ... The network path was not
found"). My old trick of pinging the IP address first and then the computer
name did not work (I could not ping the computer name but could ping the IP).
Of course the other computer still shows up in the network map - just to
taunt me! What a POS!

"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> After a lot of fiddling with it, I got it to work eventually but I did not
> change any settings. I tried to set up Windows Easy transfer to transfer
> files between the 2 machines but that did not detect the other computer. I
> tried pinging from one machine to the other and I could not ping by computer
> name but then I tried pinging by IP address and I was able to ping. After
> that I was able to ping by computer name and then I was able to find the
> VIsta computer by searching for the IP address. After it found it by IP
> address, it was able to find it by machine name. Still the XP machine was not
> showing up in Vista network but I eventually got to it by typing the address
> into windows explorer (I had to try \\IP address before getting it to find
> \\machine name). After this, it showed up in network. But even after all this
> Windows Easy Transfer still could not recognize an other machine on the
> network. Now I'm afraid to turn off either machine in case I loose the
> networking again.
>
> It seems to me like networking in Vista is really buggy and is pretty much a
> hit or miss thing depending on your luck. I happen to be reasonably
> technically profficient and my setup is very simple with no 3rd party
> firewalls or anything unusual in the mix and yet it's baffled the hell out of
> me and I still don't understand why it didn't work then but works now,
> without changing any settings. I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
> tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
> This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
> troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
> Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.
>
>
>
>
>
> "Aidan Curran" wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> > should be really simple but it's not.
> >
> > Here's my problem:
> >
> > I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> > are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> > same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
> >
> > In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> > name correctly).
> >
> > In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> > 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> > that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> > The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> > access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> > the XP machine.
> >
> > My settings on Vista machine are:
> > Network type: private
> > Network discovery: on
> > File sharing: On
> > Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> > printer sharing: on
> > password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
> >
> > I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> > party).
> > My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> > spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aidan

More details on my latest networking problem:

I can access the Vista machine from the XP machine
The XP machine is now showing up in the Vista Network but when I click on it
I get a Network Error: Windows cannot access \\....
I click the 'Diagnose' button and it tells me that the machine name is not a
vaild host name.
I tried flushing the dns but that did not help.

Any ideas?



"Aidan Curran" wrote:

> My fear of loosing the networking after a reboot turned out to be vaild. I
> rebooted Vista and my mapped network drive on the XP machine is no longer
> working ("An error occuered while reconnecting ... The network path was not
> found"). My old trick of pinging the IP address first and then the computer
> name did not work (I could not ping the computer name but could ping the IP).
> Of course the other computer still shows up in the network map - just to
> taunt me! What a POS!
>
> "Aidan Curran" wrote:
>
> > After a lot of fiddling with it, I got it to work eventually but I did not
> > change any settings. I tried to set up Windows Easy transfer to transfer
> > files between the 2 machines but that did not detect the other computer. I
> > tried pinging from one machine to the other and I could not ping by computer
> > name but then I tried pinging by IP address and I was able to ping. After
> > that I was able to ping by computer name and then I was able to find the
> > VIsta computer by searching for the IP address. After it found it by IP
> > address, it was able to find it by machine name. Still the XP machine was not
> > showing up in Vista network but I eventually got to it by typing the address
> > into windows explorer (I had to try \\IP address before getting it to find
> > \\machine name). After this, it showed up in network. But even after all this
> > Windows Easy Transfer still could not recognize an other machine on the
> > network. Now I'm afraid to turn off either machine in case I loose the
> > networking again.
> >
> > It seems to me like networking in Vista is really buggy and is pretty much a
> > hit or miss thing depending on your luck. I happen to be reasonably
> > technically profficient and my setup is very simple with no 3rd party
> > firewalls or anything unusual in the mix and yet it's baffled the hell out of
> > me and I still don't understand why it didn't work then but works now,
> > without changing any settings. I cannot imagine how someone that's not so
> > tech savvy would ever get 2 machines to see each other on their home network.
> > This board is full of posts about this problem and still there is no relaible
> > troubleshooting available for this. As far as home networking is concerened
> > Microsoft has taken a big step backwards with Vista.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Aidan Curran" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> > > should be really simple but it's not.
> > >
> > > Here's my problem:
> > >
> > > I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> > > are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> > > same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
> > >
> > > In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> > > name correctly).
> > >
> > > In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> > > 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> > > that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> > > The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> > > access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> > > the XP machine.
> > >
> > > My settings on Vista machine are:
> > > Network type: private
> > > Network discovery: on
> > > File sharing: On
> > > Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> > > printer sharing: on
> > > password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
> > >
> > > I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> > > party).
> > > My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> > > spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Aidan

Hi Harry,
This is actually exactly the same as my problem now. Isn't Vista so
ridiculous? I did find however that I can access the XP machine by typing
\\[IP address] in the address bar of windows explorer, you might want to try
that. (To get IP address, open command prompt and type ipconfig on your XP
machine)

What I want to know is why does Vista display the XP machine (with correct
IP address) in the network map, display the XP machine in the Network folder
and then say it can't access it when you click on it? It makes no sense to me
and it's driving me mad, I've wasted so much time on it already as I'm sure
thousands of other users have. We need answers from Microsoft right now.

"Harry VanDyke" wrote:

>
>
> "Aidan Curran" wrote:
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
> > should be really simple but it's not.
> >
> > Here's my problem:
> >
> > I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
> > are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
> > same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).
> >
> > In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
> > name correctly).
> >
> > In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
> > 'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
> > that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
> > The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
> > access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
> > the XP machine.
> >
> > My settings on Vista machine are:
> > Network type: private
> > Network discovery: on
> > File sharing: On
> > Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
> > printer sharing: on
> > password protected sharing: off (also tried on)
> >
> > I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
> > party).
> > My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
> > spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aidan
>
> I found the same problem.Have basically the same setup, one computer with XP
> pro and one with Vista Ultimate.
>
> I was finally able to access files on my Vista machine from the XP machine
> after going through the procedure on "Sharing Files" on the
> http://windowshelp.microcsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/ site.
>
> But I could never access the XP computer from the Vista one.
>
> I keep getting Windows cannot access\\KAREN check the spelling of the name,
> Otherwise there might be a problem with your network.....
> The spelling was checked and rechecked, it shows up on the network but I
> can't access it.

I have tried the same thing, I even upgraded to the ultimate version of vista to try and see if this would fix and nothing has worked either.

I have tried the same things as you have and searched Microsoft extensivly with nothing usefull.



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