Windows Forum·65,706 discussions

Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

Locked

I have at last ‘upgraded’ my wife’s desktop to Vista, whilst my laptop is on XP. We have a small network (cables, not Bluetooth or wireless). The Vista machine connects very easily to the XP machine – my wife can see my files and etc. I cannot connect from XP to the Vista machine. Have tried no passwords, and with passwords – no deal. Please can anyone tell me how to connect to Vista machine from my XP machine? Thank you.

Topic

Clarifications

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

Clarifications

This may be of assistance to you

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/76174f4a-7522-425a-9424-324dd299265e1033.mspx

This may also help

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vista

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

Keep us informed as to your progress if you require further assistance.

If you think that any of the posts that have been made by all TR Members, have solved or contributed to solving the problem, please Mark them as Helpful so that others may benefit from the outcome. 😉 😀

I beleive you need this to make Vista recognize XP on the network

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

Link Layer Topology Discovery

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en

Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

I have a similar setup but vista on a laptop and XP desktop. I just used the network setup from xp and then created a network setup disk and ran it on the Vista machine.
Both can see each other without any problems.

my 2? CDN

Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

Thanks everyone, it’s working now.

Good to see that you are up and running :D

In reply to Network with a XP machine and a Vista machine

😀

[Author]

Replies