vista can not access xp, but xp can access visat

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Guest

can someone help me please, here is my problem.. i have a machine with
windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin, on my xp
machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine. but
my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all. what i want to do is
share my printer and test folder on my xp machine with my vista machine. i
have files sharing and network discovery on , on my vista machine, and i have
file sharing and printer is shared on my xp machine. i have tried everything
i can think of anyone can you help me please? also i was testing windows
ultimate, and i had no problems, all this worked. you may e-mail me at
(e-mail address removed)..
 
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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

what do you receive if using net use \\xpip?

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
can someone help me please, here is my problem.. i have a machine with
windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin, on my xp
machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine. but
my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all. what i want to do is
share my printer and test folder on my xp machine with my vista machine. i
have files sharing and network discovery on , on my vista machine, and i have
file sharing and printer is shared on my xp machine. i have tried everything
i can think of anyone can you help me please? also i was testing windows
ultimate, and i had no problems, all this worked. you may e-mail me at
(e-mail address removed)..
 
R

Robert L [MVP - Networking]

Assuming the remote computer IP is 192.168.1.2, run command line: "net use \\192.168.1.2" without quotation. Please post back with the system error.

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 new at this
 
J

JoeT

rhillstr said:
Glynn:
Go to command prompt and type:

NET USE //(ip of your windows xp machine OR its name)

for example on mine its:

NET USE //192.168.11.100
or
NET USE //DESKTOP

Robert L:
When I do this from my XP machine I get my Vista Laptop, however when I
do this from my Vista laptop (the one I can't see the network on) I get
"SYSTEM ERROR 58". Again I can ping it without difficulty.


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When I do this from either my xp nodes or my vista node I get an error 51
has occurred. Windows cannot find network path....

Net view shows all the XP nodes but never the vista one regardless of which
machine I try it from.

I've tried all the instructions available and even loaded the Link Layer
Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder from an article that claimed it was
necessary to all XP machines. No joy.

I can see everything from my Vista Network screen. But the XP nodes see only
one another, not Vista.

Same workgroup etc

What amazes me is the net commands don't see it even from itself. Btw it can
ping itself even though the net commands don't see it but no other node can.
It simply isn't there as far as they're concerned.

One article states that simple sharing isn't possible but then if that isn't
true why is there an option to turn off password sharing? It behaves the
same either way in my case just thought I'd mention that confusion as well.
:)

joe
 
G

Guest

OK WHEN I TYPE NET USE \\192.168.1.94 i get questions, what ami i looking
for? i'm totally lost
 
J

JoeT

glynns10 said:
OK WHEN I TYPE NET USE \\192.168.1.94 i get questions, what ami i looking
for? i'm totally lost
Click to expand...

When you post at the top of a quoted thread it becomes a guessing game as to
who you're asking the question. It's best to scroll below the quoted stuff
before you type your response to keep things in order.

This can now be set as the automatic position when replying to messages by
going to tools/options/advanced and checking compose reply at bottom of
original message in the reply/forward heading.

Also you might check the message thread with the subject XP<----->Vista
Net(finally)working, for examples of the things that were keeping my system
from working and how I fixed it.

Failing that, you need to write down the exact response the system is giving
"WHEN you TYPE NET USE \\192.168.1.94" and post it in your question so
people can figure out what to tell you next. :)


joe
 
G

Guest

ok...this is the exact message i'm getting when i try to view my xp machine
from my vista..." \\home-cm00rqiqn is not accessable. you might not have
permission to use this network resource. contact the admin of the server to
find out if you have
access...

on my xp machine when i type net view //ip i get the following... shared
resources at xp ip
glynn main
hpdeskjet-printer
shared-disk
test-disk ect..

i just am lost i ev en went on my vista machine and turned on netbios, no
change... can anyone give me their msn messinger address or yahoo so i can
chat live? or is there someone who i can speak with live?
 
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Mike

I'm having the exact same problem. My XP pro machine can see and acces my Vista machine with no issues. The reverse is not true. I can see the XP machine from Vista in Network and I can also ping by computer name and IP address. When I try to open a shared folder on the XP from Vista I get the dreaded "you might not have access. . ." message. I've tried nearly evrything from all the posts but still nothing. This really ought to be easier.

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G

Guest

I have been working on this same problem for a week with another one of the
MVPs (Chuck in a post call "Vista - XP Networking") - It is still not
resolved but I cannot say enough about following what they say step-by-step.

To all of the MVPs - - this seems to be an ongoing prevelent issue, will
Microsoft make a hotfix for XP or Vista to fix the issue? Or at least update
the "dignose" scan to be specific about the problem.
 
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Chuck

I have been working on this same problem for a week with another one of the
MVPs (Chuck in a post call "Vista - XP Networking") - It is still not
resolved but I cannot say enough about following what they say step-by-step.

To all of the MVPs - - this seems to be an ongoing prevelent issue, will
Microsoft make a hotfix for XP or Vista to fix the issue? Or at least update
the "dignose" scan to be specific about the problem.
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Erik,

As Operating System and applications become more complex, and easier to use,
it's easier to exceed the limits of the design, or to omit critical details.

What is the first question asked in a lot of threads here? "Have you set the
Network Location Type"? There's no hotfix for that. Nor can you hotfix pure
human neglect.
 

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