1 of 5 XP Computer Does Not Appear in Vista

[Guest]

I have five computers on my network, all running XP except one laptop running
Vista Home Premium.

Three of the computers appear on the network. The fourth only appears as a
shared media device; when I click on it, my option is to open Media Player.
That's ok, I guess, but I'd rather access the computers drive and printer. I
can see these on the other computers.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

 

[Chuck]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:53:00 -0700, Confused in LV <Confused in

I have five computers on my network, all running XP except one laptop running
Vista Home Premium.

Three of the computers appear on the network. The fourth only appears as a
shared media device; when I click on it, my option is to open Media Player.
That's ok, I guess, but I'd rather access the computers drive and printer. I
can see these on the other computers.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

I'd start by looking at the NetBT setting on each computer, and at any personal
firewalls.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

Then look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp