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Home networking - new Vista PC with an older PC running Windows XP
  1. #1


    rainman Guest

    Home networking - new Vista PC with an older PC running Windows XP

    Perhaps someone could help this neophyte with a home network problem. After
    setting up home networking on both PCs, the XP machine seems to have full
    networking access. I can see files on my Vista machine and I can print to a
    printer connected to my Vista machine. On my Vista PC, I can see the XP
    computer, but I keep getting error messages when attempting to access the
    shared files on the XP computer. The edit basically says that I don't have
    the necessary permissions to access the XP machine. I'm an administrator on
    both PCs, the network names are the same and the XP machine now runs webBios
    over TCP/IP. Still didn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks
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    rainman



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  2. #2


    Malke Guest

    Re: Home networking - new Vista PC with an older PC running WindowsXP

    rainman wrote:
    > Perhaps someone could help this neophyte with a home network problem. After
    > setting up home networking on both PCs, the XP machine seems to have full
    > networking access. I can see files on my Vista machine and I can print to a
    > printer connected to my Vista machine. On my Vista PC, I can see the XP
    > computer, but I keep getting error messages when attempting to access the
    > shared files on the XP computer. The edit basically says that I don't have
    > the necessary permissions to access the XP machine. I'm an administrator on
    > both PCs, the network names are the same and the XP machine now runs webBios
    > over TCP/IP. Still didn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks


    Create identical user accounts and passwords on both machines. If you
    wish to boot directly to the Desktop into one particular account for
    convenience, see:

    Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
    http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm


    Malke
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