Re: Unable to network 2 Vista machines using machine names

Hi
Hi
If both computers can access the Internet while connected to the same Router leave alone DNS and other basic Network variables.
Concentrate on the sharing and permission configuration.
Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions.
General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted
Vista File and Printer Sharing- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"TheIntruder" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:468ebc9f2a17760e7ebbe45c17d9243c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sorry... did a little more testing... and I need to revise some of what
I wrote in my previous post.

Ok, so I enabled NetBIOS on both machines, but that alone didn't seem to
work. I was able to see the machines in Network Explorer, but when I
double-clicked on them I was only able to see the Printer. None of the
shared folders showed up.

I then disabled Password Protected Sharing to see if that would make a
difference, and sure enough the shared folders were now visible.

However, when I double-clicked on the shared folders, I was denied
access because of permissions. I would need to change the permissions on
those shared folders so that Everyone had Full Control.

This is only true when I'm on the laptop (Business x64) trying to
access shared folders on the desktop (Home Premium x64) by
double-clicking on the desktop machine name in Network Explorer. When
I'm on the desktop trying to access shared folders on the laptop, I am
prompted to log in when I double-click on the laptop machine name. Once
I'm logged in, I see all of the shared folders on the laptop and I have
no permissions related issues. In other words, it works in exactly the
same fashion as it does when I use an IP address.

So the problem seems to be with the desktop (the Home Premium x64
machine). And yet the settings on the two machines are (as far as I can
tell) identical. Hmmm....


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TheIntruder

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