why cant i see either computer

I have my main machine running vista, and my second machine running XP and i
can not see either machine on either machine (if that makes sense), some help
with this would be great. i tryed the network wizard jobby on xp and vista
but it doesnt seem to work, what is the best way to set the domain name
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grapes

Assuming you have enabled sharing on both computers, can you ping each other
by IP?

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"Craig008" <Craig008@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:147FE0E9-222E-406C-8F7E-F4AAACFF38FF@microsoft.com...
>I have my main machine running vista, and my second machine running XP and
>i
> can not see either machine on either machine (if that makes sense), some
> help
> with this would be great. i tryed the network wizard jobby on xp and vista
> but it doesnt seem to work, what is the best way to set the domain name
> --
> grapes

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:16:02 -0700, Craig008 <Craig008@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have my main machine running vista, and my second machine running XP and i
>can not see either machine on either machine (if that makes sense), some help
>with this would be great. i tryed the network wizard jobby on xp and vista
>but it doesnt seem to work, what is the best way to set the domain name

The most common problem, causing this, would be a NetBT setting mismatch, or a
personal firewall.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html

And this month, we have reports of updates to Internet Explorer causing problems
with Windows Networking.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/09/changes-in-internet-explorer-security.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/0...-security.html

Given logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each computer, we could maybe diagnose the
problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
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http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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actual address pchuck mvps org.

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

"Craig008" wrote:

> I have my main machine running vista, and my second machine running XP and i
> can not see either machine on either machine (if that makes sense), some help
> with this would be great. i tryed the network wizard jobby on xp and vista
> but it doesnt seem to work, what is the best way to set the domain name
> --
> grapes

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

"Craig008" wrote:

> I have my main machine running vista, and my second machine running XP and i
> can not see either machine on either machine (if that makes sense), some help
> with this would be great. i tryed the network wizard jobby on xp and vista
> but it doesnt seem to work, what is the best way to set the domain name
> --
> grapes