Cannot network Vista and XP

[Guest]

Dear Aidan
there is one thing left to change.
go into "Network and Sharing Center"{
expand "Network Discovery"
next to workgroup,you'll see "Chaange settings", click it
then click "continue"
"System Properties" window will open
click the "Network ID" button
change the setting from "This computer is part of a business network..." to
"This is a home computer..."
see if that fixes it

 

[Mr. Know Nothing]

baldy,

What is it you're trying to do? If you want to see XP from the Vista map,
you must install the LLTD Responder on your XP machine; once you do that,
it
will light up on Vista. You can find the Responder at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...1D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en

We have tested this scenario, and are able to get it working, as are
others
who post to this forum; so I know it can be done! : )

Please confirm: you can access shared Vista files from XP, but not Vista
drives? Are you trying to share our your root (c drive?

Pls post back.

Dear Kim,

I have a new laptop with Vista Ultimate installed. All computers are
visible to Vista. I have installed the responder on one of the XP machines
that has long hosted shared folders on my network. I was able to see the
machine from Vista even before I installed the responder, but I went ahead
and installed it anyway. It makes no difference. I have also made other
changes suggested in this thread, including changing in Vista that I am on a
home network instead of a business network.

I hope -uSoft is hard at work on this and that a fix is soon forthcoming.
I'm at a point with this that I'm about to contact my laptop vendor and ask
that my OS be changed to XP SP2.

Anyway, here is the exact error message I receive:

Windows cannot access \\SERVERNAME

Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with
your network.. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click
Diagnose.

Error code: 0x80070035
The network path was not found.

 

[Mr. Know Nothing]

I fixed the problem, but I have no idea how I did it. Vista is happy, for
the time being.

 

[Guest]

For a quick fix, I edited the hosts.ini and added the ip address' and host
names on all of my machines in the workgroup whether it is a xp or vista
machine.

c:\windows\system 32\drivers\etc\hosts.ini


xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yourXPmachineName
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx your VISTAmachineName

 

[Guest]

I guess I'll chime in on this too just so the number of vocal dissatisfied
can go up by one. My experience is similar to others in thie thread.

Kim, I don't doubt that MS can make this work in the lab, or that some
people have been successful with it. I'm just glad that Boeing doesn't sell
airplanes and say "Well, we know SOME people have been able to land
successfuly......."

Aidan, and everyone in this thread,

I'm sorry you're experiencing trouble. Vista is more secure and much more
flexible than XP, which is why things work a bit differently in Vista. In
Vista, Classic file sharing is the default, not Guest-only. You use the
Sharing Wizard to create/manage/delete file shares; and Network and Sharing
Center to manage network settings.

To understand better where you're at, review the recommendations below:
- Ensure every machine is in the same workgroup and subnet
- Ensure only one firewall is enabled per machine (In Vista, that's
Start.Control Panel.Security.Security Center.Firewall.
- Set Network Category to Home/Work (Private), which is a less secure
setting and allows for file/printer sharing as well as computer discovery
- Ensure every user account has a non-empty password
- Create the same user account (with same password) on all machines
- Ensure password protected sharing is ON
- Use the Sharing Wizard to create and manage shares (You can find the
Sharing Wizard by right clicking on the folder to share and selecting
"Share...")

Please post back with results.

Also, please note that we have written an extensive web-based manual which
is easy-to-follow and troubleshoot problems like this. If you click on
Start.Help and Support, you'll find it. Or, just click here:
http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/e20e6875-7210-47bb-bf19-5c60e6ae86151033.mspx

Wow, so many people with the same problem, it's pretty apparent now that this
is a HUGE Vista bug - Are there any Microsoft people in this forum to explain
to us all what's going on???

Is there anyone out there who has been able to home network Vista and XP
without any problems? I'd like to hear.

In the meantime I've worked out a 'Jerry-rig' solution that works for me but
I don't know if it will work for all of you other people with this problem.
Here's the steps I take to establish a network connection between my XP and
Vista machines:

1. Determine IP addresses of each
2. On XP machine type \\[Vista IP address] in Windows Explorer. (You should
be able to see the Vista shared folders if this is going to work for you)
3. Click into one of the shared folders
4. On Vista machine type \\[XP IP address] in Windows Explorer. You should
now be able to see the shared folders on the XP machine.

It needs to be done in this exact order for it to work for me and I have to
do this procedure everytime one of the machines is restarted.

Hope this helps some of you as a workaround while we are waiting to see what
Microsoft is going to do about this problem. Let us know if it works for you.

Cheers,
Aidan

Hi Everyone,

I've read a lot of threads on this but none have helped my situation. This
should be really simple but it's not.

Here's my problem:

I have a new PC running Vista Business. My laptop is running XP Pro. They
are both connected to my router (by cable). I have set workgroup name the
same for both (I ran the Network setup wizard in XP).

In XP if I search for computer it does not find my Vista PC (yes I typed the
name correctly).

In Vista the XP machine does not show up under network (I guess there is no
'search for computer' in Vista). I installed LLTD on XP machine and after
that it does show up in Network Map on vista but still not in Network folder.
The map is quite useless, it's just a picture, you cannot actually use it to
access the other computer but it does show that the vista machine can 'see'
the XP machine.

My settings on Vista machine are:
Network type: private
Network discovery: on
File sharing: On
Public folder sharing: on (also tried off)
printer sharing: on
password protected sharing: off (also tried on)

I tried turning off firewalls on both machines (only use built in, no 3rd
party).
My setup is really simple and basic, this should not be so difficult (I have
spent hours and hours already). Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Aidan