okay, so I am a little stupid...

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

I am trying to set up a home network with my old XP desktop and a new Vista
laptop. I've been thru the wizards, and I can reliably connect to the
internet wirelessly though can't access the desktop's files. What did I do
wrong?

Thanks!
 
That is a very common issue, mdavidm, as Vista is not plug & play on the
existing XP home network. You'll need to run thru this very helpful link from
another thread here ("only way to connect to vista with xp"):

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

And there are many other threads with more info. than is efficient to copy
here. There are configurations in Norton AV/Firewall you have to set also
(if you have that suite.)

T
 
Back
Top