Mapping Drives Between Vista and XP

[Jelso20]

I have a computer with XP Home and another that I just built that has Vista
Ultimate.

I am trying to map hard drives between the two on my home network. They are
both connected to the same router. I have gotten it to work a couple times,
but upon restart it says the drives are unreachable. I have tried messing
with all of the share settings on both machines. Also, I have tried turning
on/off the windows firewalls on both and the password protected sharing on
the vista.

I was initially able to print from the XP machine (the printer is connected
to the Vista machine), but now I am unable to since I have tried to change
the Vista computer's name.

I've tried everything I can think of, and I have tried all of the help hints
and tips I've seen on the Microsoft website and on others.

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
Mapped Drives works only if the Sharing is set correctly.
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what it is
allowed to be shared.
Vista File and Printer Sharing-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
Windows XP File Sharing -
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040
Printer Sharing XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Martin Connolly]

Turn off password protected sharing in the networking center in Vista.
Having this on stops the 'guest' access on other PCs discovering shares on
the Vista PC.