[legorp]

i have a vista laptop and at work i can only see other vista comp. but i need to access one of the XPs to print my work sheets.

what can i do, if i can do anything?!

[GanGstarr]

i have a similar problem... i have 3 computers connected to a router, and the router is connected to a internet modem.

the problem is the connection between the computers. 2 computers with vista installed connect perfectly, but one computer that has XP on doesnt. The internet works fine tho.

i could use some help, ty.

[JohnWill]

Windows XP And Vista On The LAN Together

[Bob Cerelli]

The basics for troubleshooting are:

1. Make sure you have the same IP scheme (e.g. 192.168.0.x).

2. Make sure you have the same Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS IP addresses.

3. Make sure you can ping the other computer's IP address. If this fails, just for testing, make sure you turn off XP's as well as any other firewall.

4. Make sure you can ping the other computers by name.

5. Make sure you have the same workgroup name (watch for trailing spaces)

6. For troubleshooting purposes, turn off XP's and completely uninstall any other firewall software. You can always add more complexity after you get it working. This is especially true if you can't ping by IP and Name

7. With XP and Vista, make sure you have the same username and password as the person logging onto the other computers.

8. More details about how to network XP can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm

9. More details on networking Vista can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networ...ing_center.htm
and
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networ...ta_network.htm

10. More details about how to troubleshoot TCP/IP networks can be found at:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/trouble.htm

There continues to be a lot of misinformation about needing NetBEUI or to changing the NetBIOS setting. You can ignore both. Installing NetBEUI to solve a networking problem will just mask a some underlying and potentially important misconfiguration with TCP/IP. The default NetBIOS setting usually works. If browsing is a problem, you might set it to Enabled. But do not Disable it.

[GanGstarr]

tnx for the reply...i'll try everything and post if it works or not.
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