Home networking XP and Vista

[Scott]

I am having great difficulty trying to get a home network between my XP and
Vista desktops. The vista platform can see and access the XP and its files
but the XP can only see the Vista. When I try and access the Vista I get an
"access denied" prompt telling me I need to contact the server administrator
and may not have priveleges. This continues with all firewalls disabled and
all share functions appropriately set. There must be something in Vista
preventing me from accessing it (all my to be shared printers and the like)
but I cannot fathom what it is I am missing!

 

[Imori]

Hello Scott,


I had this problem awhile back as well. Alot of things worked for alot of
different people, so I'll just let you know what fixed my problem.

On both computers, create a windows account with the same name and passwork.
Then log into that account on both computers and try again. If it doesnt
work, get back at me and I'll try and give you more help.

-Travis

 

[Mick Murphy]

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
How to give Permissions are there, too.
If you are running Norton, etc’s Firewall, check its settings.

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, you will be
asked for a username and password when you try to access a Vista computer
from an XP computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home Network File and Printer sharing Wizard.

 

[Iain-M]

You're not using a speedtouch router by any chance?

There is a thread from a coupl of weeks ago which was very similar and
traced to the firmware on the speedtouch needed updating? That was using
wireless networking on the vista laptop.