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Glyn
Having read many threads I am still unable to solve my networking issue.
Here's my setup.
Desktop on XP Home (SP2)
Laptop on Vista Home Premium
I want to create a network via LAN so I can transfer files back and forth. I
also need to be able to share printers. I have so far tried the following
things:
Changed workgroup name to "WORKGROUP" on both systems
Installed Link-Layer Topology Discovery patch on XP system
Turned off all firewalls (Windows and third party)
Turned on "Network Discovery", "File Sharing", "Public Folder Sharing",
"Printer Sharing" on the Vista laptop
Run the "Network Setup Wixard" on XP
Manually assigned IPs to both systems
Automatically signed IPs to both systems
Combinations of the 2 above
Pinging does not work on either computer
I can "see" the XP on Vista but cannot access the files. I get error message
"Windows cannot access \\[comp name]\" of error code 0x80070035.
Why can't I seem to get these to network?
What I actually wanted to do was wirelessly transfer the files (both laptop
and desktop are have wireless adapters). Once the networks were in place I
was going to buy syncing software to automatically update both laptop and
desktop. However, this is for the future. I tried LAN when wirless failed.
Can you help with a step-by-step on how to setup this small network
wirelessly (or by LAN).
Thanks
Here's my setup.
Desktop on XP Home (SP2)
Laptop on Vista Home Premium
I want to create a network via LAN so I can transfer files back and forth. I
also need to be able to share printers. I have so far tried the following
things:
Changed workgroup name to "WORKGROUP" on both systems
Installed Link-Layer Topology Discovery patch on XP system
Turned off all firewalls (Windows and third party)
Turned on "Network Discovery", "File Sharing", "Public Folder Sharing",
"Printer Sharing" on the Vista laptop
Run the "Network Setup Wixard" on XP
Manually assigned IPs to both systems
Automatically signed IPs to both systems
Combinations of the 2 above
Pinging does not work on either computer
I can "see" the XP on Vista but cannot access the files. I get error message
"Windows cannot access \\[comp name]\" of error code 0x80070035.
Why can't I seem to get these to network?
What I actually wanted to do was wirelessly transfer the files (both laptop
and desktop are have wireless adapters). Once the networks were in place I
was going to buy syncing software to automatically update both laptop and
desktop. However, this is for the future. I tried LAN when wirless failed.
Can you help with a step-by-step on how to setup this small network
wirelessly (or by LAN).
Thanks