Vista Laptop not connecting to XP Desktops

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> are they all set up under the one workgroup name and have you manually
> set the ip address or auto
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> chinga69
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> CHEERS CHINGA69

> Well, looks like a similar problem to others but still not finding a
> solution. Have a new Dell laptop running Vista wirelessly. Two desktops
> are running XP and another laptop is running XP - all XP systems connect
> back and forth properly - file sharing and printing. The Vista laptop sees
> all the XP systems, but will only connect to one of the desktops on which I
> can see files. When trying to connect to the others I get an access denied
> error. I can access the public folder on the Vista system from the wired XP
> machines, but not the XP laptop (path is not accessible) and I cannot access
> my shared folder C even though I have password protection off. NetBIOS over
> TCP/IP is turned on on all systems. Workgroup names are the same. I have
> the Vista system set to allow everyone, but that shouldn't matter if
> password protection is off. When I map the network, none of the XP systems
> come up in the top of the screen, but the XP wireless laptop and one of the
> desktops appear at the bottom in the unplaced section. How can I get
> everyone talking here?
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