Using Vista Backup To Backup To XP-based Network Share

[jim.haselmaier]

I have a Vista laptop that I want to backup to an XP (Home) machine
that has a drive shared to the network. I *have* mapped this share as
a local drive on my Vista machine. (Drive Q

When I start Vista Backup the option to select a network-based
destination is grayed out. And the hard disk, CD and DVD pull-down
list does not list my locally-mapped drive as an option.

Anyone know what I need to do to fix this?

Thanks.

Jim

 

[Jill Zoeller [MSFT]]

Hi Jim,

Due to some security and networking limitations in XP Home Edition, you will
not be able to back up from Vista to your XP computer. You'll need to
upgrade to XP Professional to accomplish this.

See our blog for details:
http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/archive/2006/09/27/458871.aspx