Windows XP and Windows Vista

[comop1]

Hi... we have two computers in the house, that are not hooked up to the
internet.. but we want to network them together... (we had done this in the
past for the boys to game together and both systems had Windows XP) But now,
one of the computers has been changed to a newer one with Windows Vista on
it.. and for some reason the Vista won't communicate with the XP...

Any suggestions? We used the Network Wizard to set it up and followed all
the regular steps..

 

[WaIIy]

Hi... we have two computers in the house, that are not hooked up to the
internet.. but we want to network them together... (we had done this in the
past for the boys to game together and both systems had Windows XP) But now,
one of the computers has been changed to a newer one with Windows Vista on
it.. and for some reason the Vista won't communicate with the XP...

Any suggestions? We used the Network Wizard to set it up and followed all
the regular steps..

Google

network vista to xp

 

[Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

Hi... we have two computers in the house, that are not hooked up to the
internet.. but we want to network them together... (we had done this in
the
past for the boys to game together and both systems had Windows XP) But
now,
one of the computers has been changed to a newer one with Windows Vista on
it.. and for some reason the Vista won't communicate with the XP...

Any suggestions? We used the Network Wizard to set it up and followed all
the regular steps..

 

[Mike Cawood, HND BIT]

Hi... we have two computers in the house, that are not hooked up to the
internet.. but we want to network them together... (we had done this in
the
past for the boys to game together and both systems had Windows XP) But
now,
one of the computers has been changed to a newer one with Windows Vista on
it.. and for some reason the Vista won't communicate with the XP...

Any suggestions? We used the Network Wizard to set it up and followed all
the regular steps..

The name of the workgroup in the XP computer is 'MSHOME', the name of the
workgroup in Vista is 'WORKGROUP'.
Change the name of the workgroup in the Vista computer to be 'MSHOME'
(without the quotes).
Both computers MUST have the same workgroup name.
You change the workgroup name via Control Panel/System.
Also make sure that any printer drivers are fully updated.
I have two computers, one XP & one Vista & they are networked ok.
Regards Mike.

 

[Malke]

Hi... we have two computers in the house, that are not hooked up to the
internet.. but we want to network them together... (we had done this in the
past for the boys to game together and both systems had Windows XP) But now,
one of the computers has been changed to a newer one with Windows Vista on
it.. and for some reason the Vista won't communicate with the XP...

Any suggestions? We used the Network Wizard to set it up and followed all
the regular steps..

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as
files and folders:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx


Malke

 

[Patrick Keenan]

Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
and folders:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

I've also found that it can take a few minutes, perhaps ten to thirty, for
Vista systems to decide to display other systems on a network.

So, patience can be helpful.

HTH
-pk