I checked - I am an administrator. If the computer thinks I'm God, why
can't I make it do what I want?
I downloaded and ran Ad-Aware. Found and removed 42 spywares. So much for
Norton's protection! Spybot found no additional problems.
Acer adds a bunch of it's own stuff, that I think just increases my
confusion. Would I be better off if I can remove it and just have Vista as
it would be after a clean install?
If I click start, then click Network, I only see the Vista laptop, and
"details" shows my workgroup name. If I click on it, I see "public" and
"printers". If I click printers, then "add printer", I get "You do not have
rights to perform this operation". I have only one user name on this
computer.
If I can't do it, who can? I will be the only user of this computer, so is
there any reason why I should not have administrator rights?
But back to the original question, I believe the network is working, because
my XP Pro computers can all see each other, and see the new Acer laptop, but
not it's files.
I'm nervous about reducing protection - firewalls, anti-virus, etc. I also
think I should install and use Ad-Aware and Spybot, but is it OK to do?
I thought vista was supposed to be easier than XP. I'm fairly computer
literate - started with DOS and kept current with the evolution of Windows,
but I've never been so confused. The easy transfer failed, with not
discernable explanation, and no option except to click "OK".
I will prevail. I must stay current with Microsoft technology, but this is
almost as difficult as when I moved from COBOL programming to the
"curly-brace" languages.
I'm not a complainer - I'm just frustrated. Maybe it is just bad karma...
There could be a large number of issues at play here:
1. The firewall on Windows Vista is blocking the connection. Open the
Firewall with Advanced Security admin tool and see how the firewall is
currently set up.
2. You have shared a resource that only administrators have access to. When
you connect to a Windows Vista system remotely as an administrator, you get
a filtered token, so you are not actually able to access things that only
admins have access to
3. The IP addresses do not match, or rather, are not on the same network
4. There are no resources shared and you are in ForceGuest mode.
5. You have bad karma.
Some days I just ascribe everything I can't
otherwise explain at the moment to that.
What exactly do you mean by "The vista machine does not see any computers
except itself?" If you go to "Network" (what used to be called Network
Neighborhood") you will only see anything if file and printer sharing is
turned on. Otherwise the computer browser service is not running.
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I have a home network with 4 xp pro computers. Ethernet wired, not
wireless. I just got an Acer with vista home premium. I changed it's
workgroup to match my others. Now they see it, but cannot get to any
files - the "might not have permission" box comes up. The vista computer
does not see any computers except itself.
