Trouble getting Vista to see the other comps.

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I have a home network with two desktops ( One running XP Home, and one
running 2000 Pro) and a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. I set up the
workgroup network and the XP and 2K machines can connect with each other and
see the Vista machine, but the Vista machine can't see either one. I took
down all the firewalls.
I am by no means an expert but I have added other comps to the network
before and never had it only see one way. Any Help would be great. Thanks
 
Grift00 said:
I have a home network with two desktops ( One running XP Home, and one
running 2000 Pro) and a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. I set up the
workgroup network and the XP and 2K machines can connect with each other
and
see the Vista machine, but the Vista machine can't see either one. I took
down all the firewalls.
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My Vista Biz machine also has experienced this problem intermittently,
depending upon which flower some butterfly in China decides to land upon,
although some astrologers may disagree that the butterfly is the cause.

But in all cases, if I open the remote computer from the Run dialog using
the syntax:

\\<computername>

I've always been able to get to both Windows 2000 and XP Pro machines.
 
If you can see a remote computer but nor browse it, that could be the computer browser issue. Any error in the Event Viewer?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have a home network with two desktops ( One running XP Home, and one
running 2000 Pro) and a new laptop with Vista Home Premium. I set up the
workgroup network and the XP and 2K machines can connect with each other and
see the Vista machine, but the Vista machine can't see either one. I took
down all the firewalls.
I am by no means an expert but I have added other comps to the network
before and never had it only see one way. Any Help would be great. Thanks
 
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