xp backward compatibility

>I recently purchased a new, loaded, Dell XPS laptop with Windows Vista
> Ultimate. As a systems developer and consultant, I frequently set my
> laptop
> up on a customer's network, expecting to browse those networks, and map
> network shares. With Windows Vista, I appears this utility has been taken
> away.
>
> I recently downloaded and installed Vista SP-1, and the problem
> (deficiency)
> persists.
>
> The only solutions I have found reccomend I should install LLTD on every
> XP
> machine with which I wish to establish network connections. This is
> impracticable because the general maintenance of those machines is not
> within
> the scope of my work (nor always my control).
>
> If Microsoft chooses to view this as a problem with XP, then perhaps they
> should push the LLTD protocol to existing XP machines via automatic
> updates.
>
> I view is as a fundamental deficiency with Vista, because it prevents me
> from doing things I need to do every day, to make my living.
>
> Please let me know if there are workarounds. I fear that I will have to
> revert to Windows XP.
>
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> I recently purchased a new, loaded, Dell XPS laptop with Windows Vista
> Ultimate. As a systems developer and consultant, I frequently set my
> laptop
> up on a customer's network, expecting to browse those networks, and map
> network shares. With Windows Vista, I appears this utility has been taken
> away.
>
> I recently downloaded and installed Vista SP-1, and the problem
> (deficiency) persists.

> AZ Stan wrote:
>

> > I recently purchased a new, loaded, Dell XPS laptop with Windows Vista
> > Ultimate. As a systems developer and consultant, I frequently set my
> > laptop
> > up on a customer's network, expecting to browse those networks, and map
> > network shares. With Windows Vista, I appears this utility has been taken
> > away.
> >
> > I recently downloaded and installed Vista SP-1, and the problem
> > (deficiency) persists.

>
> (snippage)
>
> You've got something set up wrong. I just finished installing Vista RTM and
> then SP1 and set up networking with my Mac OS 10.5.2 and XP Pro SP2 in
> approximately 5 minutes. This includes changing the security on Lanman
> authentication, too. And 3 of those minutes were waiting for Vista to get
> its act together to see the network shares. I've set up Vista in my own
> network before and now and also for clients and I've never had to install
> anything extra to get the machines to see computers running other operating
> systems. If user accounts and firewalls are right, everything just works.
>
> So you can complain or you can get it set up correctly. Have a tech help you
> if you need that; there's no shame in doing this. As Mr. Murphy said, even
> with XP you couldn't simply attach yourself to foreign networks - unless
> all machines involved were running XP Home and that's very unlikely.
>
> Malke
> --
> MS-MVP
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> Don't Panic!
>

> Hi Malke! My name is Mick, not Mr.!
>
> I never stand on ceremony.
>
> I enjoy reading some of your posts.