XP cant see vista in Workgroup, and vice versa

[Guest]

I have set up sharing according to many of the posts here. Workgroups are the
same, permissions set for everyone, if I check on my vista desktop I am
sharing a folder.

Workgroups are the same
I am also sharing folders on my 2 XP laptops.

On the laptops I cant see my vista machine in the workgroup
On the vista machine I cant see the laptops in the network map.
I can ping all machines from all machines without a problem.

This is now doing my head in...please help!!

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You haven't mentioned if you enabled file sharing or not. To test it, on each computer, do "net share". Post back with the results.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I have set up sharing according to many of the posts here. Workgroups are the
same, permissions set for everyone, if I check on my vista desktop I am
sharing a folder.

Workgroups are the same
I am also sharing folders on my 2 XP laptops.

On the laptops I cant see my vista machine in the workgroup
On the vista machine I cant see the laptops in the network map.
I can ping all machines from all machines without a problem.

This is now doing my head in...please help!!

 

[Guest]

Got it working now, installed some update on the two XP laptops, restarted
the vista macgine and all is good.