Vista XP Networking... again

[Guest]

I have a Dell desktop wired to my linksys router, and I recently purchased a
dell laptop that came with Vista . I have several printers hooked to my
desktop that I would like to be able to print wirelessly from my laptop. My
wireless connection is fine, and I can access the internet. On the desktop,
the icon for the laptop shows up, but when I click on it it says it is not
accessable and the network path is not found. I cannot even get the Vista to
see the XP computer. I find it very difficult to share when I can't even get
the computers to recognize one another. Any suggestions...?

 

[Chuck]

I have a Dell desktop wired to my linksys router, and I recently purchased a
dell laptop that came with Vista . I have several printers hooked to my
desktop that I would like to be able to print wirelessly from my laptop. My
wireless connection is fine, and I can access the internet. On the desktop,
the icon for the laptop shows up, but when I click on it it says it is not
accessable and the network path is not found. I cannot even get the Vista to
see the XP computer. I find it very difficult to share when I can't even get
the computers to recognize one another. Any suggestions...?

I'd check NetBT and all personal firewalls first.
<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

And look at name resolution, since that's the primary symptom here.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html

And look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each computer,
and 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

 

[Guest]

Similar thing happened to me - all settings were correct and found I had to
make adjustments to my AV program.
What AV setup do you have?