Vista/XP network -- No XP on network map?

[LoneStar]

Hope this isn't an already answered question: I have an XP and Vista
networked with a hardwired router. All works great except file sharing
(what else is new). However, when I go to Vista's Network and Sharing (in
Control Panel) and map my network, it only shows the Vista, the router, and
the Internet, and not my XP computer. If I click on something like "view
ALL (or other) network components" my XP computer shows up on the bottom of
the screen -- like a red-headed step child. Is this right? Why doesn't my
XP show up on the main screen with my router, etc??

Perhaps this IS the correct way to show the XP. Comments?

Thanks.
EW

 

[Robert Whitacre]

there is a patch for xp information is on the help screens

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may want to download LLTD. This search result may help,

Vista: Can't see other computersPost Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: Vista: Can't see other computers ... I cannot browse the network, and see other computers and . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=323


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
Hope this isn't an already answered question: I have an XP and Vista
networked with a hardwired router. All works great except file sharing
(what else is new). However, when I go to Vista's Network and Sharing (in
Control Panel) and map my network, it only shows the Vista, the router, and
the Internet, and not my XP computer. If I click on something like "view
ALL (or other) network components" my XP computer shows up on the bottom of
the screen -- like a red-headed step child. Is this right? Why doesn't my
XP show up on the main screen with my router, etc??

Perhaps this IS the correct way to show the XP. Comments?

Thanks.
EW

 

[LoneStar]

Thanks Robert,

I'll give it a try, unless I determine it's not worth the effort. Displaying my XP on the network map is really not a big deal -- there's no loss of functionality (I think).

EW

You may want to download LLTD. This search result may help,

Vista: Can't see other computers Post Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:44 am Post subject: Vista: Can't see other computers ... I cannot browse the network, and see other computers and . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=323


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
Hope this isn't an already answered question: I have an XP and Vista
networked with a hardwired router. All works great except file sharing
(what else is new). However, when I go to Vista's Network and Sharing (in
Control Panel) and map my network, it only shows the Vista, the router, and
the Internet, and not my XP computer. If I click on something like "view
ALL (or other) network components" my XP computer shows up on the bottom of
the screen -- like a red-headed step child. Is this right? Why doesn't my
XP show up on the main screen with my router, etc??

Perhaps this IS the correct way to show the XP. Comments?

Thanks.
EW