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Scott
I have seen this same question asked in so many posts. I read all of them,
checked all my settings but still I can't connect Vista Laptop to my XP Pro
Desktop. Stupid me upgraded Laptop from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium. When
the laptop had XP Pro, there were no issues between the desktop and the
laptop, accessing folders and files through windows explorer. My XP Desktop
can access the folder and files on the Vista Laptop with no problem. When I
try to access files and folder on my XP Desktop from my Vista Laptop, this
message box comes up "Connect to SCOTTSDESKTOP" requesting a username and
password. Both the laptop are cabled to the same linksys router. I only
have windows firewall on each, have checked the settings. In Vista, network
discovery is on, file sharing is on, public folder sharing is off, printer
sharing is off (no printers installed), password protcted sharing is off.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have spent at least five
hours going through all the Microsoft and Dell community and news groups
relating to this problem. If anyone out there knows the fix for this I would
be elated to say the least
checked all my settings but still I can't connect Vista Laptop to my XP Pro
Desktop. Stupid me upgraded Laptop from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium. When
the laptop had XP Pro, there were no issues between the desktop and the
laptop, accessing folders and files through windows explorer. My XP Desktop
can access the folder and files on the Vista Laptop with no problem. When I
try to access files and folder on my XP Desktop from my Vista Laptop, this
message box comes up "Connect to SCOTTSDESKTOP" requesting a username and
password. Both the laptop are cabled to the same linksys router. I only
have windows firewall on each, have checked the settings. In Vista, network
discovery is on, file sharing is on, public folder sharing is off, printer
sharing is off (no printers installed), password protcted sharing is off.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have spent at least five
hours going through all the Microsoft and Dell community and news groups
relating to this problem. If anyone out there knows the fix for this I would
be elated to say the least