Can not find other devices on Network

> Ron wrote:
>

> > I just purchased a new laptop with Vista home edition. I connected to my
> > network no problem and have access to the internet. But I can not find
> > any other of the devices on the network.
> > When I go into Network I can see the router name.
> > I have a workgroup name on the network. But when I click on workgroup, it
> > shows me a selection called workgroup but there is no place to enter the
> > workgroup name.
> > The other devices on the network all have shared writes and all other
> > devices can see them.
> > Any ideas what the problem is?

>
> Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be
> applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look
> daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below
> systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your
> sharing.
>
> Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
> Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
> and folders:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>
> For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see
> caveat in Item A below).
>
> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
> by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful
> firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
> built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having
> identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying
> to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
>
> A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)
> traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer
> Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on
> XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this
> will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
> third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own
> firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I
> usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be
> 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
> subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for
> how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall.
> DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.
>
> B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This
> is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.
>
> C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
> need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
> need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
> PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
> to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
> can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
>
> E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
> directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
> directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
> See the first link above for details about Vista sharing.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>
>

> That did not help. As I mentioned I am using Vista not XP.
> The link you specified shows the workgroup the way it displays in XP.
> I am not able to enter my workgroup name anywhere.
> I see nowhere to Configure firewalls on this machine to allow the Local
> Area
> Network traffic as trusted. I see no Exceptions tab.
> There is no need to change any configuration on the other devices on the
> network because all other devices can see them. The problem is with this
> Vista machine.
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>

>> Ron wrote:
>>

>> > I just purchased a new laptop with Vista home edition. I connected to
>> > my
>> > network no problem and have access to the internet. But I can not find
>> > any other of the devices on the network.
>> > When I go into Network I can see the router name.
>> > I have a workgroup name on the network. But when I click on workgroup,
>> > it
>> > shows me a selection called workgroup but there is no place to enter
>> > the
>> > workgroup name.
>> > The other devices on the network all have shared writes and all other
>> > devices can see them.
>> > Any ideas what the problem is?

>>
>> Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be
>> applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look
>> daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below
>> systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your
>> sharing.
>>
>> Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
>> Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as
>> files
>> and folders:
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
>>
>> For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see
>> caveat in Item A below).
>>
>> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
>> caused
>> by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a
>> stateful
>> firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
>> built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not
>> having
>> identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4)
>> trying
>> to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
>>
>> A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network
>> (LAN)
>> traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing
>> File/Printer
>> Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard
>> on
>> XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that
>> this
>> will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
>> third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own
>> firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I
>> usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be
>> 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
>> subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums
>> for
>> how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one
>> firewall.
>> DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.
>>
>> B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup.
>> This
>> is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.
>>
>> C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do
>> not
>> need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
>> assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords
>> just
>> need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
>> PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot
>> directly
>> to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
>> can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:
>>
>> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
>> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>>
>> D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
>> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
>>
>> E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
>> home
>> directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
>> directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents
>> folder.
>> See the first link above for details about Vista sharing.
>>
>> Malke
>> --
>> MS-MVP
>> Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
>> FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
>>
>>

> I just purchased a new laptop with Vista home edition. I connected to my
> network no problem and have access to the internet. But I can not find any
> other of the devices on the network.
> When I go into Network I can see the router name.
> I have a workgroup name on the network. But when I click on workgroup, it
> shows me a selection called workgroup but there is no place to enter the
> workgroup name.
> The other devices on the network all have shared writes and all other
> devices can see them.
> Any ideas what the problem is?
>

> That did not help. As I mentioned I am using Vista not XP.
> The link you specified shows the workgroup the way it displays in XP.
> I am not able to enter my workgroup name anywhere.
> I see nowhere to Configure firewalls on this machine to allow the Local Area
> Network traffic as trusted. I see no Exceptions tab.
> There is no need to change any configuration on the other devices on the
> network because all other devices can see them. The problem is with this
> Vista machine.
>
> "Malke" wrote:
>

> > Ron wrote:
> >

> > > I just purchased a new laptop with Vista home edition. I connected to my
> > > network no problem and have access to the internet. But I can not find
> > > any other of the devices on the network.
> > > When I go into Network I can see the router name.
> > > I have a workgroup name on the network. But when I click on workgroup, it
> > > shows me a selection called workgroup but there is no place to enter the
> > > workgroup name.
> > > The other devices on the network all have shared writes and all other
> > > devices can see them.
> > > Any ideas what the problem is?

> >
> > Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be
> > applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look
> > daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below
> > systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your
> > sharing.
> >
> > Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer
> > Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files
> > and folders:
> >
> > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
> >
> > For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see
> > caveat in Item A below).
> >
> > Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
> > by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful
> > firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
> > built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having
> > identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying
> > to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
> >
> > A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)
> > traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer
> > Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on
> > XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this
> > will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
> > third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own
> > firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I
> > usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be
> > 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
> > subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for
> > how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall.
> > DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.
> >
> > B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This
> > is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.
> >
> > C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
> > need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> > assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
> > need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
> > PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
> > to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
> > can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:
> >
> > Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
> >
> > D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
> > Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
> >
> > E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home
> > directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those
> > directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder.
> > See the first link above for details about Vista sharing.
> >
> > Malke
> > --
> > MS-MVP
> > Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
> > FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
> >
> >