Vista Home Basic To XP Pro

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

Guest

I'm in my first week of a love/hate relationship with Vista and have seen
bits of my issue in several posts, but nothing that seems to match totally...

I have one Vista machine in one location that successfully sees a Windows
2000 machine in the same workgroup.

However, in another location I have a Vista machine that:
Connects to the network
Gets a DHCP address from the router
Is in the same workgroup as the other computers
Can map a printer that's shared on the XP Pro machine
Can ping the other XP Pro machines in the workgroup
Does NOT see the XP machines when I go to the Network & Sharing Center
Can NOT be opened by one of the XP's, even though it can be seen

It sounds like a rights issue, but I'm having a bit of a struggle finding my
way through this new OS. Can anybody lay out a trail of breadcrumbs for me?
 
To work on permission issue, this link may help,

Vista common issue - can see but access
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewforum.php?f=3

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'm in my first week of a love/hate relationship with Vista and have seen
bits of my issue in several posts, but nothing that seems to match totally...

I have one Vista machine in one location that successfully sees a Windows
2000 machine in the same workgroup.

However, in another location I have a Vista machine that:
Connects to the network
Gets a DHCP address from the router
Is in the same workgroup as the other computers
Can map a printer that's shared on the XP Pro machine
Can ping the other XP Pro machines in the workgroup
Does NOT see the XP machines when I go to the Network & Sharing Center
Can NOT be opened by one of the XP's, even though it can be seen

It sounds like a rights issue, but I'm having a bit of a struggle finding my
way through this new OS. Can anybody lay out a trail of breadcrumbs for me?
 
Art,

I forgot to add that in order for machines with older Windows operating
systems to "light up" on Vista's Network Map, you need to install the LLTD
Responder on the *older* Windows machines. You can pick that up at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...1D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en

This Responder merely allows you to 'see' all your home machines in your
Vista Network Map. You still need to set your security settings on the Vista
machine to allow for file and printer sharing. Those directions can be found
on the link I already sent you.

Hope that helps.
 
Back
Top