windows vista home premium and windows xp cant see each other

> carverson wrote:

> > ok, i recently bought a new laptop with vista home premium and im trying to
> > get it to network to my old windows xp computer. they are both connected to a
> > wired network and they both connect to the internet but they cant see each
> > other.

>
> This link will take you through Vista networking very well:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
>
> And here are some general networking tips for home/small networks:
>
> 1. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network
> (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing
> File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. With third-party firewalls,
> I usually do this with an IP range. Ex. would be
> 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct
> subnet. Do not run more than one firewall.
>
> 2. With earlier Microsoft operating systems, the name of the Workgroup
> didn't matter. Apparently it does with Vista, so put all computers in
> the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control
> Panel, Computer Name tab.
>
> 3. Create identical user accounts and passwords on all machines. If you
> wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular
> user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at
> this link work for both XP and Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> 4. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center:
>
> a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>
> b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
> Simple File Sharing enabled.
>
> Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
> that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
> resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it matters
> in your situation.
>
> 5. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
> home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
> folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
> Shared Documents folder. See the first link above for details about
> Vista sharing.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

> im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer files
> across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from the
> vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
> computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.

> carverson wrote:

> > im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer files
> > across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from the
> > vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
> > computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.

>
> Yes, I understand that. Go through the information I gave you in my last
> post. If you follow the instructions at the link and in the XP part of
> my previous post, you'll be able to share files.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

> im trying to get the two computers to see each other so i can transer
> files
> across from one to the other. the workgroup names are the same and from
> the
> vista laptop i can use remote desktop connection to connect to the xp pro
> computer by using the xp pros internal ip adress.
>