Networking with XP

[Drew]

I bought a Vista computer from Dell. I connected it to my home network and
it would not recognize shared files on my XP computer and visa versa. It
would, however connect to the internet.

After many tries Dell told me that Vista would not network with XP without a
$150 download and they are going to take the computer back.

Is this correct? If so, is buying an XP computer the only other solution?

Thanks

 

[DefecTalisman]

Not sure how they assumed that one. Is it a static IP or a DNS ?
I have no problems with my static IP network, even got a win2000 machine on
it.
Which XP you using(pro I am assuming)?

 

[Mike Brannigan]

I bought a Vista computer from Dell. I connected it to my home network and
it would not recognize shared files on my XP computer and visa versa. It
would, however connect to the internet.

After many tries Dell told me that Vista would not network with XP without
a $150 download and they are going to take the computer back.

Is this correct? If so, is buying an XP computer the only other solution?

Thanks

Absolutely untrue - you do not require anything to network with XP.

Just make sure you turn off the IPV6 and probably the other bits you do not
need in the networking applet for your connection on the Vista machine.
By default Vista is using SMB v2 but it will fall back to v1 as used by XP
so you do not need to worry about this.
You may also need to modify your XP and Windows Vista firewalls to ensure
easy connectivity.
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[Mike Brannigan]

Also it is best to post this kind of question to
microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
not the general group

 

[Drew]

Thanks Mike -

Sorry about posting to the wrong group. Didn't know about the other one.

Would you please tell this newbie how to "turn off the IPV6 and probably the
other bits I don't need"?

Drew

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Absolutely untrue - you do not require anything to network with XP.

Just make sure you turn off the IPV6 and probably the other bits you do
not need in the networking applet for your connection on the Vista
machine.
By default Vista is using SMB v2 but it will fall back to v1 as used by XP
so you do not need to worry about this.
You may also need to modify your XP and Windows Vista firewalls to ensure
easy connectivity.

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[Sheila Hoffman]

Drew:

I've just been setting up my new HP Vista box with an old XP network. What I
learned is that there's a free download the XP boxes need before they'll
show up on the Vista box.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70582
I learned some other stuff but I'm going to go over to the network group for
the rest.

Sheila

 

[Mike Brannigan]

Thanks Mike -

Sorry about posting to the wrong group. Didn't know about the other one.

Would you please tell this newbie how to "turn off the IPV6 and probably
the other bits I don't need"?

Drew

Start ... Control Panel ... Network and Sharing Center ... Manage Network
Connections
You will see an icon for your network connection
Right Click ... Properties
Uncheck the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPV6) component.
Uncheck the QoS Packet Sceduler component
You can if you wish uncheck the 2 Link-Layer components OR - you could
install the add-on for XP Sp2 at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70582 that Sheila posted as a reply o
all your XP machines - but is it is not need to just map to them etc.



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Mike Brannigan

Thanks Mike -

Sorry about posting to the wrong group. Didn't know about the other one.

Would you please tell this newbie how to "turn off the IPV6 and probably
the other bits I don't need"?

Drew

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[Ken Blake, MVP]

I bought a Vista computer from Dell. I connected it to my home network and
it would not recognize shared files on my XP computer and visa versa. It
would, however connect to the internet.

After many tries Dell told me that Vista would not network with XP without a
$150 download and they are going to take the computer back.

Is this correct? If so, is buying an XP computer the only other solution?

No, it's not true. It's completely false. My own small home network
consists of three machines, one running Vista Ultimate, one running XP
Professional, and one running XP Home.

No download is required, and no expenditure of money is required.

 

[Lang Murphy]

I bought a Vista computer from Dell. I connected it to my home network and
it would not recognize shared files on my XP computer and visa versa. It
would, however connect to the internet.

After many tries Dell told me that Vista would not network with XP without
a $150 download and they are going to take the computer back.

Is this correct? If so, is buying an XP computer the only other solution?

Thanks

Geez... don't drop the soap around a Dell tech, eh? Put the checkbook away.

Is Network Discovery enabled on your Vista box?

Lang