windows vista home premium and windows xp cant see each other

[Guest]

ok, i recently bought a new laptop with vista home premium and im trying to
get it to network to my old windows xp computer. they are both connected to a
wired network and they both connect to the internet but they cant see each
other.

 

[Malke]

ok, i recently bought a new laptop with vista home premium and im trying to
get it to network to my old windows xp computer. they are both connected to a
wired network and they both connect to the internet but they cant see each
other.

This link will take you through Vista networking very well:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

And here are some general networking tips for home/small networks:

1. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network
(LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing
File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. With third-party firewalls,
I usually do this with an IP range. Ex. would be
192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
subnet. Do not run more than one firewall.

2. With earlier Microsoft operating systems, the name of the Workgroup
didn't matter. Apparently it does with Vista, so put all computers in
the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control
Panel, Computer Name tab.

3. Create identical user accounts and passwords on all machines. If you
wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular
user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at
this link work for both XP and Vista:

Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

4. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:

a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.

b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.

Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters
in your situation.

5. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder. See the first link above for details about
Vista sharing.


Malke

 

[Guest]

im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer files
across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from the
vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.

 

[Malke]

im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer files
across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from the
vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.

Yes, I understand that. Go through the information I gave you in my last
post. If you follow the instructions at the link and in the XP part of
my previous post, you'll be able to share files.


Malke

 

[Keith D]

im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer
files
across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from
the
vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.

Hi

try this one

it has a 30 day full free trial period
install in both computers and run all relevent sections
in both

cured many a hassle on here

http://www.networkmagic.com/download/

cheers

K/

 

[Guest]

i tried all that and nothing helps.

Yes, I understand that. Go through the information I gave you in my last
post. If you follow the instructions at the link and in the XP part of
my previous post, you'll be able to share files.


Malke
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