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"lizzieb" <> wrote in message
news:7qOdnRMM-... > Hi - I have tried everything I can think of to get a laptop and a desktop > talking to each other so they can share the printer attached to the > desktop but have failed. Have I missed something? The desktop is XP with > Kaspersky, the laptop is vista with Norton 360 and both work fine > independently via the router. > I can ping the desktop from the wireless laptop but can't get a response > when I ping the laptop from the desktop. > I ran the xp network wizard on the desktop to make sure file and printer > sharing were properly enabled and it was making itself visible on the > network. > I went into the Vista network & sharing centre and turned on file sharing. > I couldn't enable printer sharing because there is no printer attached > directly to the laptop. > When viewing workgroup computers on the desktop I get the access denied > message. > When trying to view the network on the laptop I see the laptop connected > to the router connected to the internet but that's all. > I've set up four vista laptops on mixed networks and never had this > problem before. > I removed Norton but it didn't make any difference. > I tried uninstalling and reinstalling all the 'uninstallable' protocols. > The only one left would be the TCP/IP one which has to be reset - it can't > be uninstalled. > I ran spyware checks just in case something was blocking the connection. > I even tried using another router in case the problem lay there but still > no joy. > I added my laptop (with XP) in the hope I could get the two XP machines to > see each other but no. If I used the browse facility in the add a new > network place option I could see and access the Vista laptop from my > laptop but not the other way around and I couldn't see the desktop machine > at all. > All three could ping each other and reply to each other but when you try > to view the the workgroup computers the Vista laptop only sees itself and > the desktop returns the error that MSHOME is not accessible. I've run and > rerun the network wizard as well. > > As I said I have run out of ideas so any suggestions would be very very > welcome. > > Thanks > Lizieb > Are they all in the same workgroup? Zac Zac |
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