Have a read below about running XP's file and printer sharing wizard, and
Vista's settings.
Also, after that, to add XP's Printer, you will have to go into Vista's
Network and Sharing Center, and add the Network Printer on XP from there,
browse for it from there.
Make sure that you have a Vista compatible Printer Driver downloaded from
the Printer's manufacturer's website for the Vista machine.
If you don't, you can not use XP's Printer.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.
Permissions/Share info is there as well.
If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)
1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.
In Vista Network and Sharing:
Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)
Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)
File Sharing: ON
Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)
Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, and no
identical usernames/passwords, you will be asked for a username and password
when you try to access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista
computer.
Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard,even if you had an XP Network set up prior to adding a Vista computer
to it(redoing the Wizard seems to work for XP machines!).
In “My Network Places”: “Set up a Home or Small Office Network”
OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File
and Printer Sharing.
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"tsullivan" wrote:
>
> I'm having a terrible time getting my XP Desktop and Vista laptop to see
> each other. I'm running XP SP3 and I've followed any directions I've
> found online for networking the two. Both are connected using wireless.
> I followed step by step the instructions here:
> http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1165037 Someone I know
> networked their computers this way. It doesn't work for me. I'm about
> to go nuts! I spent hours working on it and still no luck. I've tried
> running cmd to ping the IP address with no luck. I can ping the
> computer name though. Not sure if that's important. I'm trying to
> share files and a printer with laptop.
>
> Any help is really appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
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