Vista computer on XP network

[Guest]

After reading a lot of the posts here is where I have gotten. I purchased a
laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. Computer logged onto router no
problems and on the internet without having to do anything but turn the
computer on. Then tried to access the shared printer, and couldn't find it
or the other computers on the network. Installed the patch on the XP
computers and can see them now but cannot access the computer or see the
shared printer. Got a dns error trying to access the XP computer and found
that the location for the XP computer was "unknown" where as the Vista
computer location was "WLAN" (the name of our router). I am assuming that
getting the XP location to "WLAN" will resolve the dns error. Is this
correct? If so, how do you do it?

 

[Chuck]

After reading a lot of the posts here is where I have gotten. I purchased a
laptop with Windows Vista Home Premium on it. Computer logged onto router no
problems and on the internet without having to do anything but turn the
computer on. Then tried to access the shared printer, and couldn't find it
or the other computers on the network. Installed the patch on the XP
computers and can see them now but cannot access the computer or see the
shared printer. Got a dns error trying to access the XP computer and found
that the location for the XP computer was "unknown" where as the Vista
computer location was "WLAN" (the name of our router). I am assuming that
getting the XP location to "WLAN" will resolve the dns error. Is this
correct? If so, how do you do it?

Michael,

Resolving the computer name is frequently a problem with a personal firewall and
/ or the NetBT setting. The latter must be consistent, on all computers in the
LAN.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

Next look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp