Vista Home Premium Can Not Connect To Existing XP File Share

[MarkinGA]

This will sound like all the recent vista share connection issues except with
a twist. First a description of home network equipment. The router is an
SMC model with usb print server. The PC's include a two year old home
desktop with XP Media Center edition, a Vista Home Basic laptop purchased
last June, a brand new Vista Home Premium laptop received in the last two
weeks, a PIII 866 desktop with Win2K and lastly an ancient Thinkpad laptop
with Win2K.

Until the Home Premium machine showed up ALL of the other machines could see
each other and file copying could be performed in any direction. The
Thinkpad finally died and was the reason for the new Home Premium purchase.
I configured the premium machine same as all the others with workgroup name
etc and one of the first things I tried was to connect to my biggest share
source on the XP desktop. I click the machine name which shows in the
Network window and get a login window. I type the same name and password to
login to the share as I always have from any other machine and the window
refreshes with an error message about user unknown. In the name field I
noticed that the path\name changes to \\LAPTOP_NAME\Mark? The window itself
still shows the desktop machines name in the border across the top? I've
tried changing the path to \\Desktop_name\Mark and receive the same error
message about user unknown. I have done a ton of research and seen all the
stuff about current issues and patch suggestions with the LLDT upgrade on the
XP machine. I have not installed that upgrade and here is why. I have the
premium machines firewall/sharing etc settings set identical to my daughters
out of the box home basic machine and her machine can connect to the XP
machines shares all day long???? Any suggestions would certainly be
appreciated. TIA. - Mark

 

[MattK]

have the exact same problem trying to get a new vista home premium laptop to
access shares on xp pro machines.
I have installed the LLDT on a couple of xp machines. I don't think it has
any functionality other than to let Vista create a graphical map of your
network that includes the xp machines.
There seem to be a lot these problems in recent days (but no solutions).
Could a patch that microsoft pushed out on windows update be the cause of
this? Or has this problem always existed?

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

You may want to create the same username e.g. mark on all computers. Or this
search result may help.

Vista Permission IssuesCan I assume the external drive used to be connecting
to other computer and you just re-connect it the the Vista? Check the
permission using this command: . ...
www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistapermission.htm


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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

This will sound like all the recent vista share connection issues except with
a twist. First a description of home network equipment. The router is an
SMC model with usb print server. The PC's include a two year old home
desktop with XP Media Center edition, a Vista Home Basic laptop purchased
last June, a brand new Vista Home Premium laptop received in the last two
weeks, a PIII 866 desktop with Win2K and lastly an ancient Thinkpad laptop
with Win2K.

Until the Home Premium machine showed up ALL of the other machines could see
each other and file copying could be performed in any direction. The
Thinkpad finally died and was the reason for the new Home Premium purchase.
I configured the premium machine same as all the others with workgroup name
etc and one of the first things I tried was to connect to my biggest share
source on the XP desktop. I click the machine name which shows in the
Network window and get a login window. I type the same name and password to
login to the share as I always have from any other machine and the window
refreshes with an error message about user unknown. In the name field I
noticed that the path\name changes to \\LAPTOP_NAME\Mark? The window itself
still shows the desktop machines name in the border across the top? I've
tried changing the path to \\Desktop_name\Mark and receive the same error
message about user unknown. I have done a ton of research and seen all the
stuff about current issues and patch suggestions with the LLDT upgrade on the
XP machine. I have not installed that upgrade and here is why. I have the
premium machines firewall/sharing etc settings set identical to my daughters
out of the box home basic machine and her machine can connect to the XP
machines shares all day long???? Any suggestions would certainly be
appreciated. TIA. - Mark

Mark,

If introducing a different computer into the mix is the primary cause of a
problem, I'd suspect a segmented browse domain caused by a master browser
conflict. If you wish, you can read about the NT browser (no, we're not
discussing Internet Explorer or a competitor). The browser lets each computer
"see" the others.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html

Note that LLTD gives Vista computers the ability to see other computers running
either Windows Vista or Windows XP - not Windows 2000. And that ability in the
Network Map only, not Windows Explorer (nka "Network").
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html

If you like, you can diagnose the problem using logs from "browstat status" and
"ipconfig /all". Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (Download browstat, and note how to start a command
window under Windows Vista!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
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