Networking Vista with anything

I still cant find a solution to the problem of Vista not able to network with
any other computers. It seems this is a common problem and no one so far has
a solution.
I have searched all articals here and on the web. I have tried all possable
solution, no luck.
I am running Vista Ultimate (dual boot with XP for functioning properly) I
have a network with several XP Pro computers. I can network all other
computers but the Vista. Same problem, I get nothing in the workgroup screen
but a ghost of a path. As soon as I try to open that path the program just
locks up. I cant even see it on most other computers.
Strange thing, I started with the 64 bit and it found the network and all
other computers. It worked great. Problem was, that is all that worked.
So I had to install the 32 bit edition to get the drivers and hardware to
work.

Please write to microsoft and but them to death over this. It is a crime to
put out such a crappy O.S. XP is by far the best O.S. out there.

Thank you and good luck.