Sharing XP Pro resources with Vista Business

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I have an XP Pro PC set up on the Workgroup "workgroup" with a USB Drive
shared and a USB printer shared. I can see the Vist PC from the XP PC but I
cannot see the XP PC or its shared resources from the Vista PC.
How can I access the XP Pro shared resources from the Vista Business PC.
 
If turn off the firewall, can you ping the XP by IP?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
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I have an XP Pro PC set up on the Workgroup "workgroup" with a USB Drive
shared and a USB printer shared. I can see the Vist PC from the XP PC but I
cannot see the XP PC or its shared resources from the Vista PC.
How can I access the XP Pro shared resources from the Vista Business PC.
 
On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 14:30:01 -0700, Fiver Network <Fiver
I have an XP Pro PC set up on the Workgroup "workgroup" with a USB Drive
shared and a USB printer shared. I can see the Vist PC from the XP PC but I
cannot see the XP PC or its shared resources from the Vista PC.
How can I access the XP Pro shared resources from the Vista Business PC.
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First check personal firewalls, and the NetBT setting, on each computer. Make
sure that each is consistent.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

Then look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
Thanks Robert. Your post got me looking. ZoneAlarm on the XP computer was
blocking until I made my private network subnet a Trusted Zone. This solved
the problem.
 
Thanks Robert.
Your post got me looking and I found that ZoneAlarm on the XP PC was
blocking the Vista PC. I made my private network subnet a trusted zone and
this took care of the problem.
 
Hi
I have the same setup as you,with zoneAlarm, can you please tell me how to
as you say, you made my private network subnet a trusted zone.

Brian
 
Open ZoneAlarm
Click on Firewall
Click Add
Enter a name “MyNetworkâ€
Select Subnet
Enter the subnet for your private network.
With XP, you can Run CMD to get a command line. Enter IPCONFIG to get the IP
address assigned to your computer: something like 192.168.0.102. Your subnet
in this case would be 192.168.0.0.
 
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