Vista Networking Problem

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Chorks

I've recently added an additional computer to my home network and have
installed Windows 7 on it so that my network now consists of computers
running either XP, Vista or Windows 7. My problem is that although the Vista
box appears in the Network entries on both the XP and Windows 7 boxes I
can't browse the Vista box. The error message "Windows cannot access
\\ComputerName" and then indicates that I don't have permission to access
the Vista computer. However I'm able to map a network drive on the XP box &
the Windows 7 box to any of the shares on the Vista box. The XP boxes can
browse the Windows 7 box and vice-versa. The Vista box can browse both the
XP box and the Windows 7 box.

I've searched for a solution on the web and tried almost all the ones that
I've found but can't solve this

Can anyone help ?


Thanks
 
Start - Control Panel - Network and Sharing Centre and choose Diagnose and
Repair from the links on the left.
 
Tried the suggestion but received the message " Windows did not find any
problems with your internet connection"
 
The first two steps is too check cables and update network drivers.

I have no other ideas.
 
The connections are all ok. I can map drives on the vista box from the other
computers and I can see the other computers from the vista box so I don't
think that there is a physical connection problem

Thanks for your suggestions
 
I've seen similar problems which does have that cause. Most computers
appeared to work and it wasn't till we put a network monitor on that we saw
all computers were dropping packets, just not enough to stop it appearing to
work.
 
Chorks said:
The connections are all ok. I can map drives on the vista box from the
other computers and I can see the other computers from the vista box so I
don't think that there is a physical connection problem

Thanks for your suggestions
Click to expand...

Right click the asset you want to share, select the properties
dialog>Security tab and ensure that "Everyone" is in the Permissions list.
If it isn't, it will have to be added by clicking the "Edit" button and then
the "Add" button.

If this sounds confusing, I'm sorry. I can't explain it better than that.
Those are some of the hoops I've had to jump through, to share files &
directories in my 3 Vista machine network. XP seemed easier, at least
through the fog of time.
 
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