Re: Sharing, Vista & XP Pro

Hi
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#trustet
Vista File and Printer Sharing-
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx
Windows XP File Sharing -
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
Printer Sharing XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista (Not need for XP-SP3) -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
When finished with the setting of the system it is advisable to Reboot all
the hardware including Router and all computers involved.
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking).


"Jerry West" <> wrote in message
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>I have a local, home network. All of my computers but one is running Vista.
>The rest are XP Pro. All are setup to login with a username and password at
>boot up. As well, all resources shared on the network are setup to use a
>username & password for access as well. All of my XP computers share their
>drives. I log onto all computers using the same credentials --the same
>credentials used to access the shared resources. When I view these
>resources in Vista I can sure see them, no problem there. I see all the
>computers on my network as well as every resource shared by them. But when
>I try to access them I get an error message stating:
>
> "Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with
> the your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click
> Diagnose ."
>
> After clicking Diagnose I am told:
>
> "XXX is available but the user account you are logged on with was denied
> access."
>
> This makes no sense to me as the user account I am logged in with is
> exactly the same as the one that is allowed access to the shared resource.
>
> I have no trouble accessing the resources on the network from any of the
> XP machines which, of course, are all using the same access credentials.
> What could be wrong?
>
> JW