Help needed with file/printer sharing on Vista

lecisco

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I've got 3 computers at home:
- CompA = Vista Business 64-bit SP1 and has shared drives and a printer attached
- CompB = Vista Business 32-bit SP1 and has shared drives
- CompC = laptop with Windows XP SP3

CompA and CompB can see each other and CompB can print on CompA's printer fine.

CompC can see CompB just dandy and use the shared drives.

CompC cannot see CompA at all. trying "net view \\CompA" gives
System error 58 has occurred.
The specified server cannot perform the requested operation.​
I am able to ping CompA from CompC, but not use net commands.

All computers have workgroup set to WORKGROUP.

I've tried turning off the firewall on CompA but it makes no difference. The only difference I can see between the network configuration of CompA and CompB is in "Network and Sharing Center" in the "Network discovery" setting. CompA says "On" and CompB says "Custom".

I've googled "System error 58" and tried setting network security to NTLM v2 on the XP machine, but it didn't make a difference.

Since CompC can successfully work with CompB I don't think I need to change CompC much, so if anyone has suggestions on what to try with CompA I'd be very interested. Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Precision
    CPU
    Intel dual core 2.66GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia Quadro FX 3450
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1280
Sorry can't help.

Good luck...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Built
    CPU
    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 St
    Motherboard
    Asus STRIKER EXTREME 680I SLI
    Memory
    Corsair 4GB Kit (4x1GB) DDR2 800MHz/PC2-6400 XMS2 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    Point Of View 8800GT 512MB GDD
    Sound Card
    Soundmax 5.1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 46"
    Screen Resolution
    1080P
    Hard Drives
    1x WD Raptor WD360ADFD 36GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache
    1x WD Raptor WD740DFD 74GB SATA 10KRPM 16MB Cache
    PSU
    Coolermaster 600W
    Case
    Coolermaster nVidia
    Cooling
    Arctic Cooling Extreme
    Keyboard
    MS Wireless Entertainment Keyboard 7000
    Mouse
    MS Wireless Laser mouse 8000
    Internet Speed
    1.2mb & 10mb
Hmm, it's working now. Temporarily disabling the firewall on the XP machine let me do "net view \\CompA" properly. Enabling the firewall again continues to let it work. I'm not sure why, but I'm happy if it's working.

Thanks for the good luck wish Trax1963!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Precision
    CPU
    Intel dual core 2.66GHz
    Memory
    4GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVidia Quadro FX 3450
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1280
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