Problems sharing Printer or files.

>I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
> MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
> printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
> upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista
> can
> see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
> machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc...
> Neither
> machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use
> to
> be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it
> stopped.
> No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista
> on
> the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am
> sure
> its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.
>
> I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the
> Vista
> machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
> turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is
> there,
> it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
> the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it
> just
> stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
> buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
> needed.
>
> Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
> password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
> machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
> need.
>
> Any help would be great.

>I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
> MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
> printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
> upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista
> can
> see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
> machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc...
> Neither
> machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use
> to
> be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it
> stopped.
> No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista
> on
> the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am
> sure
> its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.
>
> I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the
> Vista
> machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
> turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is
> there,
> it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
> the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it
> just
> stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
> buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
> needed.
>
> Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
> password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
> machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
> need.
>
> Any help would be great.

> One if these two links should give the needed info, one for the Vista
> machine the second for other machines:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> for other PC's
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net..._fp.mspx#EZOAC
>
> Ko.
> "Andy" <Andy@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> newsA2D78BA-A093-4759-8579-DD1FCB097963@microsoft.com...

> >I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
> > MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
> > printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
> > upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista
> > can
> > see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
> > machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc...
> > Neither
> > machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I use
> > to
> > be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it
> > stopped.
> > No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to Vista
> > on
> > the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am
> > sure
> > its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.
> >
> > I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the
> > Vista
> > machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option to
> > turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is
> > there,
> > it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me select
> > the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply it
> > just
> > stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc... Alll
> > buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
> > needed.
> >
> > Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions or
> > password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
> > machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files that I
> > need.
> >
> > Any help would be great.

>
>
>

>I know how to network and share. The problem is not that simple. Yes I know
> its more secure to use passwords but in my case I am not needing or
> wanting
> to password protect my systems. The fact that the option to tune off
> password protected sharing is there but once set to off and applied it
> does
> not turn it off. It just stays on after the apply button is selected.
>
>
>
> "koze" wrote:
>

>> One if these two links should give the needed info, one for the Vista
>> machine the second for other machines:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>>
>> for other PC's
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net..._fp.mspx#EZOAC
>>
>> Ko.
>> "Andy" <Andy@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
>> newsA2D78BA-A093-4759-8579-DD1FCB097963@microsoft.com...

>> >I have had this problem with XP and now it is going on with Vista.
>> > MY home network consist of 2 computers in a workgroup. Basic file and
>> > printer sharing. 1 computer is XP Pro and other computer is now Vista
>> > upgraded from XP Pro. Trying to do simple file and print sharing. Vista
>> > can
>> > see and access XP machine but XP machine can see but not access Vista
>> > machine. Says the generic message of access denied, password, etc...
>> > Neither
>> > machine has a password and both have same account name for login. I
>> > use
>> > to
>> > be able to do the sharing when both machines were xp and one day it
>> > stopped.
>> > No reason or changes made on my part. I thouht after I upgrade to
>> > Vista
>> > on
>> > the machine the problem may fix itself but it just carried over. I am
>> > sure
>> > its a registry problem or networking security issue but I cant find it.
>> >
>> > I shared the Vista machine and printer as usual. I notice that on the
>> > Vista
>> > machine it talks about password protection sharing . It has an option
>> > to
>> > turn this off in the network control panel. Problem is the option is
>> > there,
>> > it lets me see the two options to either turn it on or off. Lets me
>> > select
>> > the turn it off and then apply button is active but after I hit apply
>> > it
>> > just
>> > stays the same and does not turn it off. Nothing greyed out, etc...
>> > Alll
>> > buttons there and active it just wont apply after I select no password
>> > needed.
>> >
>> > Again the Vista can see and access the XP machine with no permissions
>> > or
>> > password problems but the XP machine cant access the Vista. The Vista
>> > machine is the one with the printer attached and all the main files
>> > that I
>> > need.
>> >
>> > Any help would be great.

>>
>>
>>