Vista and XP Sharing Internet but do not connect together

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In-Fin-Ite

Okay here is the issue I am having.

I have a Vista Desktop and an XP Lap Top. I am running wireless and wired.
The desktop is wired and the laptop is wireless. They both get internet
access great, but I can not get them to share with or really even "notice"
one another.

When I map all connections on Vista it shows the XP. Both are correctly
named "WorkGroup." File sharing is on for both. Network discovery is set to
on. I have attempted the IP address/subnet/default gateway changing so that
they match, however all that seems to do is knock out the internet and they
still don't "talk."

Does anyone have any idea what I need to do? All I want to do is to be able
to pull files from the Vista computer while I am working on editing software
on the laptop.
 
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

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

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, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.
 
After many days of trying I finally got my networked computers to recognize
and talk to each other. I can now even print from any computer! I uninstalled
the antivirus software that came with my new Vista machine. You could
probably just go into the antivirus software and make some changes but it's
too late for me now. Good luck.
 
I am not sure how to allow through the firewalls.

I can ping the vista from the xp, but when I try to ping the xp from the
vista it times out.
 
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