Networking Vista and XP

ShortWarning · 12 May 2008 at 17:19

Hey guys,

I'm trying to network an xp and a vista machine together.

Ive got them both connected to my router and they can both access the internet ok.

Ive set them both up on the same work group shared all the drives etc but they can't seem to see each other.

Ill go to map network drive browse etc but I just can't see the other PC. I also can't see the shared printer (connected to the vista PC)

Any ideas?

Thanks guys.

I've done a quick google and forum search but nothing has helped.

dan653 · 12 May 2008 at 18:07

dynamic or manual ip address's? make sure they're on the same subnet either way

what firewalls are you using?

ShortWarning · 12 May 2008 at 18:32

Dynamic. Not using and software firewalls of anything.

Devil_Spawn · 12 May 2008 at 18:35

when you did the network setup wizard, are you sure you enabled file and printer sharing (xp computer)

dan653 · 12 May 2008 at 19:02

run... cmd and type 'ipconfig /all' on both computers and post the output

also in vista open 'network and sharing center' and make sure network discovery and file sharing are turned on

dan653 · 12 May 2008 at 19:19

solved it i see

Antar Bolaeisk · 12 May 2008 at 20:33

Out of curiosity what exactly did you do to fix this problem as I'm having the same issue but have had no success solving it.

dan653 · 12 May 2008 at 21:04

i think his workgroup names were different, see the other similar thread that has been bumped

Antar Bolaeisk · 12 May 2008 at 22:56

Unfortunately mine are the same but it still doesn't work. Will have another whack at it after the exams as I think maybe I was a bit too adventurous in turning off some of the windows services.

ShortWarning · 12 May 2008 at 23:48

dan653 said:
solved it i see

It hasn't been sorted yet???

I'll type up the ipconfig tomorrow.

Cheers guys.

I typed whoops because I'd posted in the wrong thread.

lsg1r · 13 May 2008 at 12:27

I had this issue and theres a couple of aspects which I found I needed, especially as you seem to be having printer networking issues too.
Username and Passwords need to be the same on both systems or atleast listed in the 'user' list.

ie xp has
name 1, password 1 as a user
vista has
name 1, password 1 as a user, shared folders configured to allow username access etc.

I've also found sp3 makes a huge difference to xp networking with vista

ShortWarning · 14 May 2008 at 14:03

Ok. Ive changed the user name on both accounts to the same thing. I can now access the xp pc from the vista pc but not the other way round.
The vista pc shows up in the workgroup but I can't access any of the shared drives.

Antar Bolaeisk · 14 May 2008 at 15:42

After a bit of poking around I noticed that my ethernet adapter was using both IPv4 and IPv6 which led to IP resolution problems and hence not being able to view shared files across the computers. I've since set it to use only IPv4 and nearly every issue has been resolved except the internet connection sharing which still isn't working. You can find this setting in the network adapter's property page.

Hope this helps you Ardmanz in some way.

Edit: My laptop (XP) still can't see my desktop (Vista) but file sharing is working between my dad's laptop (Vista) and my desktop and I can see and access files on my laptop from wither of the other two computers.

Still no shared internet connection though.