Vista Home and Windows 2003 Server

Posted: 08-16-2007, 12:50 AM
I recently bought a new laptop with Vista Home pre-installed. I have a basic
no-frills server at home with windows 2003 server sp2 installed. I also have
an XP Home computer. All are set up on the same workgroup, and I can see all
the computers from the 2003 server and the XP Home machine, but from Vista I
can only see the XP Home machine. The idea is to use the 2003 server to store
common and backup files for the Vista and XP machine. I can copy and archive
from XP Home to 2003 server, but cannot do so from Vista. I can see the Vista
machine from 2003 server, but cannot do anything more.

Can Vista Home be configured to archive files to a Windows 2003 Server, and
if so, how? Simple please - I am not an IT professional.

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Re: Vista Home and Windows 2003 Server
Posted: 08-16-2007, 05:14 AM
Sure, Vista home should be able to access windows 2003. Do a simple test, can you ping the 2003 by IP?

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"cnuxoll" <cnuxoll@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:B584C0B0-50FC-404E-82DC-3E5E529D965D@microsoft.com...
I recently bought a new laptop with Vista Home pre-installed. I have a basic
no-frills server at home with windows 2003 server sp2 installed. I also have
an XP Home computer. All are set up on the same workgroup, and I can see all
the computers from the 2003 server and the XP Home machine, but from Vista I
can only see the XP Home machine. The idea is to use the 2003 server to store
common and backup files for the Vista and XP machine. I can copy and archive
from XP Home to 2003 server, but cannot do so from Vista. I can see the Vista
machine from 2003 server, but cannot do anything more.

Can Vista Home be configured to archive files to a Windows 2003 Server, and
if so, how? Simple please - I am not an IT professional.

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cnuxoll@yahoo.com
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