NETWORKING PROBLEM

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I have:

A new Dell desktop with VISTA home premium.

An old desktop with XP SP3.

Two laptops with XP SP3.

All access the internet through a router. The internet connection is
working. The 3 XP machines were home networked and had file sharing between
them. That network still works.

I have tried to add the new Dell Vista computer to the network. The Dell
recognizes the 3 XP computers and can take shared files from them. The XP
machines do NOT recognize the Dell Vista computer or the printer attached to
it.

What do I tweak to get the Dell Vista fully networked with the 3 XP
computers?

Thank you.
 
Mark L. Ferguson said:
click start and type fsmgmt.msc
doubleclick the .../shares/C:\Users item
click the Share Permissions tab
choose the Everyone item, and click the Add button
click the Locations button and add the XP machines, then add the users.

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Nothing happens when I double click. No share permission tab. Do we have
to go back a step?

Thank you.
 
Mark L. Ferguson said:
click start and type fsmgmt.msc
doubleclick the .../shares/C:\Users item
click the Share Permissions tab
choose the Everyone item, and click the Add button
click the Locations button and add the XP machines, then add the users.

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Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm
Use the "Ratings" feature. It helps the new users.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
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Note that in the network & sharing center, everything is set to "on".

Thank you.
 
Have a read of the info below re Networking XP and Vista.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, and no
identical usernames/passwords, you will be asked for a username and password
when you try to access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista
computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to adding a Vista computer
to it(redoing the Wizard seems to work for XP machines!).

In “My Network Placesâ€: “Set up a Home or Small Office Networkâ€
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.
 
its_my_dime said:
Note that in the network & sharing center, everything is set to "on".

Thank you.
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Do all the machines have user passwords? Did you try setting up a user
on an XP machine with same name and PW as the Vista username. I had all
kinds of inexplicable issues on one Vista machine and never really did
find the reason. I don't mean use password protected file sharing, just
a user with name and pw the same...
 
its_my_dime said:
I have:

A new Dell desktop with VISTA home premium.

An old desktop with XP SP3.

Two laptops with XP SP3.

All access the internet through a router. The internet connection is
working. The 3 XP machines were home networked and had file sharing
between them. That network still works.

I have tried to add the new Dell Vista computer to the network. The Dell
recognizes the 3 XP computers and can take shared files from them. The XP
machines do NOT recognize the Dell Vista computer or the printer attached
to it.

What do I tweak to get the Dell Vista fully networked with the 3 XP
computers?

Thank you.
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On the XP machines you need to install the " link-layer topology discovery
responder " for Vista to recognise them.

you can download it from here, be sure to install it on all machines running
XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...1d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

Hope this helps
Roger
 
Snowbound said:
This is not for XP SP3 only SP2. Is there a fix for XP SP3 machines not
being seen on the LAN map in Vista 32?
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Sp3 doesn't replace sp2. If the SP(s) were kept up to to date with sp1,
sp2, and now sp3 being applied to the machine, then applying the fix
will work I suspect.
 
Snowbound said:
Well SP3 was installed on a SP2 machine however the LLTD fix was not installed.
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What do you have to loose at this point? The bottom line is sp3 doesn't
replace sp2. The fix happened when sp2 happened to be in play. Sp2 is
still on the machine and sp3 is not addressing the issues addressed by
sp2 when sp2 was released.

You have to look at it from that point of view, because there most
likely is not going to be some kind of fix for it that is solely for SP3.
 
So you are saying that I should uninstall SP3 off the problem machines,
install the LLTD and then reinstall SP3?
 
Snowbound said:
So you are saying that I should uninstall SP3 off the problem machines,
install the LLTD and then reinstall SP3?
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No, I am not saying that.

I am saying install the patch. Sp2 has already been applied to the
machine. It doesn't matter if sp3 is applied to the machine, because sp3
has nothing to do with sp2.

Why are you making a big deal out of this when it's not a big deal? <smile>

I suggest that you read some on the sp(s), which are being talked about
in the link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP#Service_Pack_2
 
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