oh man vista is so much easier for networking than rotten xp

[jimmyt1988]

oh man vista is so much easier for networking than rotten xp.

Any news of Windows 7 networking ideas?

 

[edscdk]

easy as long as you are not trying to connect to an xp machine and you dont know about changing the lm compatibility level under the LSA reg key on Vista... (thats is not suggesting there is a problem with vista)

Also assuming you have powerful machines (or know how to heavily tweak vista) that can get you to the wizards before you fall asleep or smash your PC in frustration

 

[Skidilliplop]

I have no idea how you came to that conclusion

Vista's need to classify every network it touches before it'll do anything generally gets in the way profusely with the clients I support.
Since vista became the norm for laptops my workload due to patients having issues getting internet connection has trebled.

It might be easier to connect to a single wifi network and never leave it but try doing anything fancier than a home broadband connection and it gets arsey. Also found Ultimate won't do DHCP properly out of the box via a simple ethernet cable

 

[Strife212]

For home networks its a billion times better, one guy comes to some LAN's we have with XP and its always 'fun' trying to connect him to the network :/

 

[Admiral Huddy]

easy as long as you are not trying to connect to an xp machine and you dont know about changing the lm compatibility level under the LSA reg key on Vista... (thats is not suggesting there is a problem with vista)

Also assuming you have powerful machines (or know how to heavily tweak vista) that can get you to the wizards before you fall asleep or smash your PC in frustration

This fix may help :


Vista comes with a new Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder, which basically displays diagrams of the network drive mappings, connection status and troubleshooting etc. This software requires the LLTD protocol which isn't part of Windows XP and therefore, the two systems can't communicate. The problem is easily resolved by installing the LLTD component on the Windows XP machine - Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder (KB922120)