vista can not access xp, but xp can access vista

can someone help me please, here is my problem.. i have a machine with
windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin, on my xp
machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine. but
my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all. what i want to do is
share my printer and test folder on my xp machine with my vista machine. i
have files sharing and network discovery on , on my vista machine, and i have
file sharing and printer is shared on my xp machine. i have tried everything
i can think of anyone can you help me please? also i was testing windows
ultimate, and i had no problems, all this worked. you may e-mail me at
glynnsoileau@bellsouth.net..

what do you receive if using net use \\xpip?

[rhillstr]

I am having the same problem. I have a vista Laptop (wireless) and an XP desktop (ethernet) networked through a wireless router. The xp machine has the printer. I can see the vista machine from the xp machine, access folders and transfer files. I can ping both ways without problem. The xp shows up on my vista network map, but will not appear in the list of machines. I loaded the LLTP, changed workgroup name, have identical user/pass accounts, enabled network discovery and yet still the connection is one way.
Any ideas? Thanks all.

not sure what you mean, can you please expaling it to me

[rhillstr]

Glynn:
Go to command prompt and type:

NET USE //(ip of your windows xp machine OR its name)

for example on mine its:

NET USE //192.168.11.100
or
NET USE //DESKTOP

Robert L:
When I do this from my XP machine I get my Vista Laptop, however when I do this from my Vista laptop (the one I can't see the network on) I get "SYSTEM ERROR 58". Again I can ping it without difficulty.

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> Glynn:
> Go to command prompt and type:
>
> NET USE //(ip of your windows xp machine OR its name)
>
> for example on mine its:
>
> NET USE //192.168.11.100
> or
> NET USE //DESKTOP
>
> Robert L:
> When I do this from my XP machine I get my Vista Laptop, however when I
> do this from my Vista laptop (the one I can't see the network on) I get
> "SYSTEM ERROR 58". Again I can ping it without difficulty.
>
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When I do this from either my xp nodes or my vista node I get an error 51
has occurred. Windows cannot find network path....

Net view shows all the XP nodes but never the vista one regardless of which
machine I try it from.

I've tried all the instructions available and even loaded the Link Layer
Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder from an article that claimed it was
necessary to all XP machines. No joy.

I can see everything from my Vista Network screen. But the XP nodes see only
one another, not Vista.

Same workgroup etc

What amazes me is the net commands don't see it even from itself. Btw it can
ping itself even though the net commands don't see it but no other node can.
It simply isn't there as far as they're concerned.

One article states that simple sharing isn't possible but then if that isn't
true why is there an option to turn off password sharing? It behaves the
same either way in my case just thought I'd mention that confusion as well.
:)

joe

[rhillstr]

Success! I had all firewalls and norton disabled, but upon careful review I had WORM PROTECTION turned on in Norton Antivirus. Listed in the specific attack protections was an entry for numerous TCP/IP and Netbios items! I turned worm protection off and.... works perfectly!!!

"glynns10" <glynns10@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> OK WHEN I TYPE NET USE \\192.168.1.94 i get questions, what ami i looking
> for? i'm totally lost

When you post at the top of a quoted thread it becomes a guessing game as to
who you're asking the question. It's best to scroll below the quoted stuff
before you type your response to keep things in order.

This can now be set as the automatic position when replying to messages by
going to tools/options/advanced and checking compose reply at bottom of
original message in the reply/forward heading.

Also you might check the message thread with the subject XP<----->Vista
Net(finally)working, for examples of the things that were keeping my system
from working and how I fixed it.

Failing that, you need to write down the exact response the system is giving
"WHEN you TYPE NET USE \\192.168.1.94" and post it in your question so
people can figure out what to tell you next. :)


joe

I have a laptop with visa home premium, two desktops with xp pro and
another laptop with xp home. My vista laptop came with norton antivirus
and internet securities 2007. What i did was i went to my firewall
setting in norton and configured the general rules. I ALLOWED netbios
by name and now my vista machine is able to see all computers on my
wireless/wired network.


--
EMAN349

I have been working on this same problem for a week with another one of the
MVPs (Chuck in a post call "Vista - XP Networking") - It is still not
resolved but I cannot say enough about following what they say step-by-step.

To all of the MVPs - - this seems to be an ongoing prevelent issue, will
Microsoft make a hotfix for XP or Vista to fix the issue? Or at least update
the "dignose" scan to be specific about the problem.

"glynns10" wrote:

> can someone help me please, here is my problem.. i have a machine with
> windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin, on my xp
> machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine. but
> my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all. what i want to do is
> share my printer and test folder on my xp machine with my vista machine. i
> have files sharing and network discovery on , on my vista machine, and i have
> file sharing and printer is shared on my xp machine. i have tried everything
> i can think of anyone can you help me please? also i was testing windows
> ultimate, and i had no problems, all this worked. you may e-mail me at
> glynnsoileau@bellsouth.net..

[David123]

Originally Posted by glynns10

can someone help me please, here is my problem.. i have a machine with
windows xp pro and a machine with windows vista home premuin, on my xp
machine i can access or download files ect that are on my vista machine. but
my vista machine cannot access my xp machine at all. what i want to do is
share my printer and test folder on my xp machine with my vista machine. i
have files sharing and network discovery on , on my vista machine, and i have
file sharing and printer is shared on my xp machine. i have tried everything
i can think of anyone can you help me please? also i was testing windows
ultimate, and i had no problems, all this worked. you may e-mail me at
glynnsoileau@bellsouth.net..

You Need to Enable net bios over Tcp/ip That worked for me after hours of messing with windows firewall hope this helps.

[Dan Arnold]

Hello,

Had the same problem after a long time of it working fine. I had tried to optimize my connection and changed some of my router settings.

I have a Dlink DI-615. In ADVANCED-> ADVANCED WIRELESS make sure you DON'T have the WLAN PARTITION enabled..

With it enabled I could still see the XP machine from Vista; however, it could not access it. Disabling this option and everything worked fine.

Post back if this worked for anyone!

Cheers.

Thank you for the tip.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
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How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com
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> Hello,
>
> Had the same problem after a long time of it working fine. I had tried
> to optimize my connection and changed some of my router settings.
>
> I have a Dlink DI-615. In ADVANCED-> ADVANCED WIRELESS make sure you
> DON'T have the WLAN PARTITION enabled..
>
> With it enabled I could still see the XP machine from Vista; however,
> it could not access it. Disabling this option and everything worked
> fine.
>
> Post back if this worked for anyone!
>
> Cheers.
>
>
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