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Vista and XP Pro networking problems

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by lordtigger2k

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I've been having trouble with networking lately, and I've looked at multiple forums including this one for help, but I've still got the problem after trying everything so far.. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate and have two XP Pro computers on the network. I'm able to see all computers (including my main one) on the network, but I can only access the other two and not my own. I had the same problem before upgrading mine to Vista. (except at that time I couldnt even see my own in the network places!) I've already enabled file sharing and disabled firewalls, etc.. Any ideas?

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by p.j.hutchison

Some things to check:
1.Are the workgroup names the same?
2. Do you have the same usernames and passwords on each machine?
3. Are the machines on the same TCP/IP subnet?
(run ipconfig /all to check settings)
4. Have you tried enabling Guest account on Vista?
5. If using Firewall, have you excluded File and Print Sharing from it. Its denied by default.
6. Are you running DHCP, DNS or WINS in your network?
7. Is Netbios over TCP/IP enabled
8. Are you running non-Windows systems in your network that may be interfering with workgroup setup?
9. Have you tried NETDIAG.EXE, NBTSTAT.EXE or BROWSTAT.EXE tools?

by dunntoon

I've connected two Vista machines to my domain and when logging in they always lose connection to my network drives?

by p.j.hutchison

Do you tick the box to 'Reconnect at logon' when connecting to the network drives?

Otherwise you could write a script to connect to drives in Startup folder:

net use h: \\server\share1
net use i: \\server\share2
etc

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