Yes, Another XP > Vista Networking Issue

[Guest]

Current Network Setup:
http://img383.imageshack.us/my.php?image=networkmapsa4.jpg


Heres the situation:

there are two computers: EMACHINES and D8400.
EMACHINES is hardwired and D8400 is wireless.
EMACHINES has XP Home and D8400 has Vista Business
They are both on NETGEAR workgroup.
Both are logged in using an Administrator Account.

D8400 cant see EMACHINES in "network' but can access it through \\EMACHINES
and use printers and SharedDocs
EMACHINES can can see D8400 only in "Windows Home Network" and "Workgroup"
but after trying to access it, it comes up with an Access Denied/Permission
error.


All i would like is to be able to access each others shared folders, and
printers. Also to be able to see each other for LAN gaming.


Any help would be appreciated, thanks so much for this. ive had this problem
for a long time but i ignored it since i didnt need it that much, now i
upgraded to Vista from XP HOME and i need the file sharing. I included a map
that i made myself, to help aid u, as i understand the people with the
problems dont clearly describe their situation.

Also if it helps to know, i didnt clean install Vista, since my DVD drive
was a slave, therefore i couldnt boot from it. so i fresh installed XP then
upgraded from there.


cheers,
~statix

 

[Joe Guidera]

By default XP Home uses simple file sharing which is what I think your
problem is. XP home is trying to use the GUEST account and Vista doesn't do
that. Unfortunately in XP home you can't disable simple file sharing, but
you can work around it.

First, on your XP home machine create a user account with the same id and
password as the one you are using on the Vista machine.

Next to set the properties for the xp home machine on the shared folder

 

[Joe Guidera]

Sorry, hit the wrong key

To set the properties for the shared folder


1. Restart your computer in Safe Mode.
To do this, follow these steps:
Restart your computer. Before you see the Windows XP logo,
hold down the F8 key. Select Safe Mode.
2. Login in as Administrator. You’ll get a warning about running in Safe
Mode. Click Yes.
3. Find the folder whose permissions you wish to change.
4. Right click on that folder, and select Properties.
5. Change the properties of the desired folder(s).

Voila. You can now change all the properties of the folder just like you
would in Windows 2000.

You should set the share and folder security properties to grant the user
you created full control privileges to both the share and the underlying
folder.

See how that works.

J

 

[Guest]

What firewall are you running? I had access denied issues, it turned out to
be Norton's intrusion prevention that was causing the problem. Even though
the network address range was set to allow access it wasn't doing as it
should in the intrusion prevention. Sorted it by adding both laptop and
desktop address in the trusted section of the firewall. Now it works like a
dream.

Linda