Vista - XP machines can see Vista, but can't connect...

Hi - help seriously needed!

I've recently bought a new PC running Vista Home Premium for use on my
home network.

Internet access through my wireless router was no problem from the
start, and after a lot of trial and error, I now have full access to
my three XP machines from the new Vista PC.

(I should say, I've had to establish contact with the XP machines by
entering \\192.168.2.xxx in Vista's Run dialogue box. Vista can't
raise the XP PCs by name, and they don't appear in the Network and
Sharing Center. But I have got everything to work, including my
network printer.)

However:

Though each of my XP machines can see the new Vista box by name (it's
called called Captainhook), trying to connect in all cases produces "\
\Captainhook is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not
found". (I am the administrator.)

>From the N&S Center, I'm running a Private Network, Network Discovery
and File Sharing are on; Public Folder Sharing, Printer Sharing,
Password Protected Sharing and Media Sharing are off.

Any advice anyone can give as to how I should adjust the settings/
permissions on the Vista machine will be greatly appreciated - if this
really is a permissions problem, that is...

I should say, I've downloaded the Link-Layer Topology Discovery
Responder and installed it on one of my XP machines; but it didn't
make any difference. Vista still couldn't/can't see that computer by
name.

It could be the permission issue. this lin may help,

Vista Permission IssuesPost Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: How to: check permissions using Vista icacls command, Reply with quote . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"TM" <trevormidgley@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:1186926487.831038.299630@b79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
Hi - help seriously needed!

I've recently bought a new PC running Vista Home Premium for use on my
home network.

Internet access through my wireless router was no problem from the
start, and after a lot of trial and error, I now have full access to
my three XP machines from the new Vista PC.

(I should say, I've had to establish contact with the XP machines by
entering \\192.168.2.xxx in Vista's Run dialogue box. Vista can't
raise the XP PCs by name, and they don't appear in the Network and
Sharing Center. But I have got everything to work, including my
network printer.)

However:

Though each of my XP machines can see the new Vista box by name (it's
called called Captainhook), trying to connect in all cases produces "\
\Captainhook is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not
found". (I am the administrator.)

>From the N&S Center, I'm running a Private Network, Network Discovery
and File Sharing are on; Public Folder Sharing, Printer Sharing,
Password Protected Sharing and Media Sharing are off.

Any advice anyone can give as to how I should adjust the settings/
permissions on the Vista machine will be greatly appreciated - if this
really is a permissions problem, that is...

I should say, I've downloaded the Link-Layer Topology Discovery
Responder and installed it on one of my XP machines; but it didn't
make any difference. Vista still couldn't/can't see that computer by
name.

On 12 Aug, 16:00, "Robert L [MVP - Networking]" <nore...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> It could be the permission issue. this lin may help,
>
> Vista Permission IssuesPost Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:14 am Post subject: How to: check permissions using Vista icacls command, Reply with quote . ...
> http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "TM" <trevormidg...@ntlworld.com> wrote in messagenews:1186926487.831038.299630@b79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> Hi - help seriously needed!
>
> I've recently bought a new PC running Vista Home Premium for use on my
> home network.
>
> Internet access through my wireless router was no problem from the
> start, and after a lot of trial and error, I now have full access to
> my three XP machines from the new Vista PC.
>
> (I should say, I've had to establish contact with the XP machines by
> entering \\192.168.2.xxx in Vista's Run dialogue box. Vista can't
> raise the XP PCs by name, and they don't appear in the Network and
> Sharing Center. But I have got everything to work, including my
> network printer.)
>
> However:
>
> Though each of my XP machines can see the new Vista box by name (it's
> called called Captainhook), trying to connect in all cases produces "\
> \Captainhook is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
> this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
> find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not
> found". (I am the administrator.)
>
> >From the N&S Center, I'm running a Private Network, Network Discovery
> and File Sharing are on; Public Folder Sharing, Printer Sharing,
> Password Protected Sharing and Media Sharing are off.
>
> Any advice anyone can give as to how I should adjust the settings/
> permissions on the Vista machine will be greatly appreciated - if this
> really is a permissions problem, that is...
>
> I should say, I've downloaded the Link-Layer Topology Discovery
> Responder and installed it on one of my XP machines; but it didn't
> make any difference. Vista still couldn't/can't see that computer by
> name.

Robert - thanks for coming back.

'Fraid I haven't got far! I have tried to check my permissions status
on the Vista machine using the icacis command, but I was told it
wasn't a legit command. I think I must have done somewthing wrong!

One thing though; even though I'm running a Private Network and
Network Discovery and File Sharing are both turned on, if I look in
the Shared By Me folder, nothing is showing up.

Why might that be? Is that normal? It doesn't seem likely!

Many thanks in anticipation...