Sharing Files and Printer between a PC with Vista and a PC with XP

I can't add my new laptop with Vista to my Network in my PC with XP

Hi Julio. This article should help:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

Thanks for posting,
Gloria

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Gloria Boyer
Windows User Assistance team
Microsoft Corporation

"Julio O." <JulioO@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I can't add my new laptop with Vista to my Network in my PC with XP

As well as Gloria's link, make sure in Vista's Network and sharing::
1 Network Discovery: ON
2 File sharing:ON
3 Password protect: OFF
4 Public Folder Sharing: ON
5 Network set to Private

Workgroup names the same on ALL comps
The Public in Vista is the same as Shared Docs in XP

"Julio O." wrote:

> I can't add my new laptop with Vista to my Network in my PC with XP