Re: Vista 64 Home Premium Connects With One of Two XP Pro PC's


petergoode wrote:

I have a bit of a variation on a theme...and have read through many of the
posts here...with so many troubleshooting options, I hope I can provide a
basic yet clear synopsis of my issue so I can have a focused approach.

My home network consists of two XP Pro desktiops, one Vista Home Premium
desktop, and now a Vista 64 Home Premium HP Pavilion notebook accessing
the
network via the wireless router. All are on the network called "network".

I do not intend to share anything from my notebook on the network...

My Vista Home Premium system can see all shared files on the two XP Pro
systems.

The XP Pro systems can see and share all shared files on the other XP Pro
and Vista systems.

However, my Vista notebook, while showing the names of all the PC's in the
network, can only access files on one of the XP Pro desktops...it is being
refused access to the other XP Pro desktop, and the Vista desktop.

I am hoping there is some simple tweak to explain this...I would have
thought that if the Vista desktop can access everything, the Vista
notebook
should also have been able to do so. And, I assume my settings on the two
XP Pro system are adequately identical, obviously, thus allowing that.

Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need
to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
can do this:

XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm

Vista - Start Orb>Search box>type: netplwiz [enter]
Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by
UAC

Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this
computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the
desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password
for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if
there is no password (null).

If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple
File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

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