vista laptop onto bt home hub running on xp

Posted: 08-02-2007, 11:08 PM

Dumb Blonde?

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Help! I had all my pcs and laptops running xp on the bt home hub. I upgraded
my laptop to vista and am now battling to connect to the home network and
shared printer on a xp pc. I have enabled private and can connect to the
internet but I cant connect to the printer or see shared drives on the other
pcs. when i do a network map i see the pcs. what am i doing wrong or have i
not done?

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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

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Re: vista laptop onto bt home hub running on xp

Posted: 08-03-2007, 01:06 AM

If you can see XP but access, it could be the permission issue. these posts may help,
Vista cannot access others
Vista: Can't see the TabletPC ... My Vista desktop can't see, or access, the TabletPC come hell or high water. I have matching user accounts on both . ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaaccess1.htm - Similar pages

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http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=450

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Dumb Blonde?" <Dumb Blonde?@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:956E12CB-FF22-4CA9-B97A-133587313E17@microsoft.com...
Help! I had all my pcs and laptops running xp on the bt home hub. I upgraded
my laptop to vista and am now battling to connect to the home network and
shared printer on a xp pc. I have enabled private and can connect to the
internet but I cant connect to the printer or see shared drives on the other
pcs. when i do a network map i see the pcs. what am i doing wrong or have i
not done?

Chuck [MVP]

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Re: vista laptop onto bt home hub running on xp

Posted: 08-03-2007, 02:08 AM

On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 15:08:00 -0700, Dumb Blonde? <Dumb
Blonde?@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Help! I had all my pcs and laptops running xp on the bt home hub. I upgraded
>my laptop to vista and am now battling to connect to the home network and
>shared printer on a xp pc. I have enabled private and can connect to the
>internet but I cant connect to the printer or see shared drives on the other
>pcs. when i do a network map i see the pcs. what am i doing wrong or have i
>not done?

The first thing with Vista is setting the Network Location Type to Private
("enabled private"??). But Vista has other peculiarities.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-xp-and-vista-on-lan-together.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/1...-together.html

And make sure that there are no other firewalls, improperly configured. And
make sure that NetBT is consistently enabled.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/0...ing-using.html

If no help yet, look at logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net
config server", and "net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose
the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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Mick Murphy

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RE: vista laptop onto bt home hub running on xp

Posted: 08-03-2007, 06:56 AM

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx

The above link should help.

1. Make sure that ALL computers have the same worgroup name. XP had MSHOME,
and Vista has WORKGROUP by default. Change one of them!
2. Invista Network Sharing: Network discovery ON
2. " " " : Password Protect OFF
3. : File Sharing ON
3. to hook up your XP printer from Vista, in Vista's net sharing, click on
"ADd Network Device", and follow the prompts to find the XP's printer.

"Dumb Blonde?" wrote:

> Help! I had all my pcs and laptops running xp on the bt home hub. I upgraded
> my laptop to vista and am now battling to connect to the home network and
> shared printer on a xp pc. I have enabled private and can connect to the
> internet but I cant connect to the printer or see shared drives on the other
> pcs. when i do a network map i see the pcs. what am i doing wrong or have i
> not done?

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