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    <title><![CDATA[Questions & Answers: Why can't my Vista machine see my XP shares? ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[oops, sorry for the dupe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[posted twice, sorry...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:16:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Were you able to resolve this problem?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I know it has been a while...  I am wondering if you were able to resolve this issue.  I am in a similar situation where I have an existing workgroup network of several XP machines, one of which is XP Pro and an existing Vista machine.  My printer is on the XP Pro and everyone can access the device.  I added a new Vista machine and cannot access the shares or the printer.  Like you, I keep getting prompted for a user / password when I attempt to access the XP Pro shares or printer from the new Vista machine.  Also, like you, I have Virtualbox installed on the Vista machine.  The Vista machine has no problem accessing the XP Home machines, only the XP Pro.  Thanks.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 00:41:40 -0800</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Ouch Did you post a bug on the Microsoft site?Do you have any Win7 machines?  I think mine mysteriously started working after an upgrade or Windows security patch, but I also upgraded one of the PC's a while back, so I can't test now.But - back to the error, when you got the login popup, what does the security event log say? If it doesn't say anything, you'd need to turn auditing on of course.== John ==]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jgwinner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:08:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Intermittent]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It looks like this only works intermittently. And it can allow or stop access at any time for any reason, or no reason. I was copying a directory from XP to Vista, it got about halfway through the copying and then suddenly popped up and asked me to login. Of course the login didn't work and doing Net Share didn't work. Rebooted, still nothing, tried to do a print to the printer on XP about an hour later and that worked. Then I finished copying the directory over. Strange stuff!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:03:13 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Update: I got the printer added too! Thank you everyone for all the thought and time you all spent on this! Peconet hung in there from the start! Thanks again! I'll live with the sharing this way. John, I agree that there is a bug in here somewhere.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:20:56 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, I could have sworn I tried the net use ip address method before and failed, but .... drumroll please .... It worked!! I did &quot;net use v: //192.168.0.4/Sharename&quot; and it connected no problem! Tried connecting through explorer after that but still couldn't get that to work. I checked the event logs and there is absolutely nothing in any category (security or anything else) showing any kind of error when trying to connect to XPS210 through Explorer.So, at least I can access files. Now does anyone know how I can access the shared printer?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:04:10 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did you try the IP address by itself?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I had a similar problem once with a Vista machine to an XP share.  My setup was slightly more complicated, but I found if I used the IP address instead of the symbolic name it would work every time.  Oddly, the XP machine could setup a share to the Vista machine symbolically so I usually just copied the other way around.I later upgraded to Win7 on both machines and it all worked.  I feel for you - there's a bug floating around here.  The O/S should say something.  I assume you checked the security logs in the event viewer for clues?== John ==]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jgwinner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:52:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, that didn't fix the issue ... but at least I got to change the Organization Name! So there was an upside to that test.  Here's another new thing to consider. I installed VirtualBox on the Vista machine with XP running on that. Set the Network Adapter to &quot;Bridged&quot; inside VB and that XP connects to every other machine just fine.So it seems to me that there are no hardware issues involved here. There's just something on this Vista installation that isn't allowing it to connect to 1 out of 6 XP installations.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:46:16 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nope. That's what I do normally but tried it again just now .. just for fun. Still does not recognize the username or password.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:30:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[See if this helps you with your issue...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It should be ok with Vista also.Change Name and Company Information After You Install Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310441&amp;FR=1&amp;PA=1&amp;SD=HSCH]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peconet Tietokoneet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:41:41 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well, since it's the same username and password on both machines, it really doesn't matter.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:53:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Nope. No change. But, I made what could be a BIG mistake! I was wrong in saying that it could see the sharenames! It can see that computer is on the network (so it sees XPS210 listed when I click &quot;Network&quot; in Explorer), but selecting XPS210 asks for the login. I never do see the shares. Sorry about the misinformation.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:49:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[At the login try \\C210\username for the user name]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I wonder if forcing it to use the username in the context of the computer issuing the challenge will allow access. I have to do this when I try to map a drive via VPN to my work computer which is XP from my home computer which is Vista.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dave@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:39:05 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[you need the vista machine log in not the xp it's trying to reach]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[when the vista machine asks for the login details input the log in details for the vista pc. it is a common mistake to think that you input the login details of the pc you are trying to access.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[bgcr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:36:47 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Reinstall won't fix a bug]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I've seen a smilar problem with Vista to XP, but I've upgraded machines since then.I hate it when people say to reinstall the O/S.  A good many times I see the same problem come back.  And if it fixes something, how do you know what was fixed?  Our ASP does thsi all the time with email performance problems and it &quot;Fixes&quot; it for that day, but then the next day the performance problem comes back. Fix the real problem.Anyway, with my Vista machine I changed from sharing with the name to sharing with IP address and it worked. I opened up a bug on technet but of course got no real response. I also tried all the tricks above or most of them - now I'm on Win7 on all machines so I can't verify.Try the IP address trick and see if that works.== John ==]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jgwinner]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:22:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To share a folder or a drive with specific users or groups]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307874/en-usHope this fixes your issue, or goes to helping you to find a fix.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peconet Tietokoneet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:36:01 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hello BryanMohr, have you put your &amp;quot;C&amp;quot; drive as a share..]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Put your &quot;C&quot; drive as a share also and see if that works.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Peconet Tietokoneet]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:53:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <description><![CDATA[Well considering that reinstalling Windows on the Vista machine, then reinstalling all of my software would require the better part of a few days, I don't think I'll be doing that. Why would I want to reinstall XP on XPS210 when EVERY other computer (XP and Vista based) connect to it flawlessly? Only 1 of 2 Vista machines cannot access XPS210.And yes, the time and date are set the same on all machines.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 05:15:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Time....and more time.....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1. Check that the time + date is set the same on all machines.2. Check the amount of time you have wasted trying to fix this, backup the PC and reinstall windows etc.3. On both machines reinstall the TCP/IP http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/19/reinstall-and-reset-tcpip-internet-protocol-in-windows-vista-2003-and-xp/Again though - I would be asking myself how much time I really want to spend on this as a reinstall would have other benifits and would narrow your troubleshooting down considerably.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jay.sanders@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A summary so far ....]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[From now on, the main XP machine will be called (and named) &quot;XPS210&quot; and the main Vista machine will be called &quot;PAV9720&quot;. A couple of the other XP machines are named &quot;BKTOWER&quot; and &quot;TECRAM3&quot; and the guest Vista machine is called &quot;EMACHINES&quot;.XPS210, BKTOWER, TECRAM3, and EMACHINES can all read from, write to and use shared devices to and from each other without any problems. No logins required, nothing out of the ordinary.PAV9720 can read from, write to and use shared devices on all of the above except XPS210. When accessing XPS210, it can see the computer name, but it cannot see the actual share names. When I click on the computer name, it asks for the login which it does not recognize when entered.XPS210, BKTOWER, TECRAM3, and EMACHINES can all read from, write to and use shared devices to and from PAV9720 without any problems. No logins required, nothing out of the ordinary.All machines are on the same workgroup &quot;NYK&quot;. Currently Guest account is disabled on all machines but even when it was enabled it made no difference. They all have the same username &quot;Bryan&quot; with the same password. And that username has Admin access on all machines. Yes, I even temporarily changed the username and workgroup on EMACHINES which is a client computer and only here for a short time.All of the above machines are connected to a SMC 16-port switch, which is then connected to a NetGear router, and out to a Comcast broadband modem.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BryanMohr]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:13:37 -0700</pubDate>
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