still having problems networking XP and Vista

My home network has three machines on it: my Vista Ultimate (a Dell dual
core) wired directly to my DSL modem, my wife's machine: running XP Media
Center wired directly to the DSL, and my son's machine: running Vista Home
Premium.

All machines are constantly updated using Windows Update. When I click on
Network on my machine I see the icons only for my own machine and my son's
machine. When I click on Network a my son's machine I see icons only for my
machine and my son's machine. For some reason my wife's machine, when I
click on the "My Network Places" I seem to be prohibited from accessing the
network card -- even though her machine has no problem accessing the
Internet through Internet Explorer, and can ping itself, my machine, and my
son's machine both numerically and by machine name. Likewise, I can ping
the other machines on the network, both numerically and by machine name. My
son can do the same thing.

So how do I get my wife's machine's icon and access thereof on my machine or
my son's?

This has gone beyond Really Frustrating.

Ross

Do you have all the machines set to the same workgroup name? Vista defaults
to a different workgroup name then XP does. If you never set the workgroup
name to one of your own choosing, do so now, or, set the wife's XP machine
to the Vistas default workgroup name.

Kurt

"Ross M. Greenberg" <> wrote in message
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> My home network has three machines on it: my Vista Ultimate (a Dell dual
> core) wired directly to my DSL modem, my wife's machine: running XP Media
> Center wired directly to the DSL, and my son's machine: running Vista Home
> Premium.
>
> All machines are constantly updated using Windows Update. When I click on
> Network on my machine I see the icons only for my own machine and my son's
> machine. When I click on Network a my son's machine I see icons only for
> my machine and my son's machine. For some reason my wife's machine, when
> I click on the "My Network Places" I seem to be prohibited from accessing
> the network card -- even though her machine has no problem accessing the
> Internet through Internet Explorer, and can ping itself, my machine, and
> my son's machine both numerically and by machine name. Likewise, I can
> ping the other machines on the network, both numerically and by machine
> name. My son can do the same thing.
>
> So how do I get my wife's machine's icon and access thereof on my machine
> or my son's?
>
> This has gone beyond Really Frustrating.
>
> Ross
>
>
>

"Kurt Herman" <> wrote in message
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> Do you have all the machines set to the same workgroup name? Vista
> defaults to a different workgroup name then XP does. If you never set the
> workgroup name to one of your own choosing, do so now, or, set the wife's
> XP machine to the Vistas default workgroup name.
>


Kurt:

Is casing important? Is there a difference between "RMGNET" and "RmgNet"?

I'm not sure. Try it both ways. It couldn't hurt.

Kurt

"Ross M. Greenberg" <> wrote in message
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> "Kurt Herman" <> wrote in message
> news:BAD85A9B-C562-45D5-BE41-...
>> Do you have all the machines set to the same workgroup name? Vista
>> defaults to a different workgroup name then XP does. If you never set the
>> workgroup name to one of your own choosing, do so now, or, set the wife's
>> XP machine to the Vistas default workgroup name.
>>
>
>
> Kurt:
>
> Is casing important? Is there a difference between "RMGNET" and "RmgNet"?
>
>
>

"Ross M. Greenberg" <> wrote in message
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> "Kurt Herman" <> wrote in message
> news:BAD85A9B-C562-45D5-BE41-...
>> Do you have all the machines set to the same workgroup name? Vista
>> defaults to a different workgroup name then XP does. If you never set the
>> workgroup name to one of your own choosing, do so now, or, set the wife's
>> XP machine to the Vistas default workgroup name.
>>
>
>
> Kurt:
>
> Is casing important? Is there a difference between "RMGNET" and "RmgNet"?
>
>
>
>
Yes it is, the workgroup name must be identical on and networked comps

--
Ian

> Yes it is, the workgroup name must be identical on and networked comps
>
by the look of things, there is no way of entering a lowercase character: no
matter what I type, even when I type entirely in the case: "rmgnet" it comes
out as "RMGNET"

Is it worthwhile to go into the registry on each machine, the two Vista
machines and the XP machine, locate the workgroup name and make sure that
the casing and spelling are identical?

Ross

Ross M. Greenberg wrote:
>> Yes it is, the workgroup name must be identical on and networked comps
>>
> by the look of things, there is no way of entering a lowercase character: no
> matter what I type, even when I type entirely in the case: "rmgnet" it comes
> out as "RMGNET"
>
> Is it worthwhile to go into the registry on each machine, the two Vista
> machines and the XP machine, locate the workgroup name and make sure that
> the casing and spelling are identical?
>
> Ross
>
>
>
Windows defaults to uppercase no matter how the letters are typed. Not
an issue if the workgroup name is the same on all machines.

--
norm

> Windows defaults to uppercase no matter how the letters are typed. Not
> an issue if the workgroup name is the same on all machines.

Okay then, each of the machines in question (my Vista Ultimate machine, my
son's Vista Home Premium machine, and my wife's XP Media Center machine) are
in the workgroup "RMGNET".

From my wife's machine, running Network Places shows my sons machine and her
own machine. From my sons machine, running Network shows all three machines
(although clicking on my machines icon does generate an error)

Running Network on my machine shows an icon for my own machine and for my
sons machine. Running a command shell from any machine allows me to ping
any other machine on the network by name or by number (found out by
IPconfig). I am able to print from my machine to my sons attached printer.

Anyone have any idea of what's going on or how to resolve this issue?

Ross

> Anyone have any idea of what's going on or how to resolve this issue?
>
> Ross
>
Ross,
it seems that Norton Antivirus might be causing your problem. If you go to
the Dell website and search, you will find some information. Also, if you go
to Norton Documentation, there is a special section for Dell users that deals
with Norton Antivirus. I have done everything, changing name, changing rules
on the network, etc.

It still doesn't work for me.

However, it may for you.

"Michael W. Cho" <Michael W. > wrote in message
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>
> > Anyone have any idea of what's going on or how to resolve this issue?
>>
>> Ross
>>
> Ross,
> it seems that Norton Antivirus might be causing your problem. If you go
> to
> the Dell website and search, you will find some information. Also, if you
> go
> to Norton Documentation, there is a special section for Dell users that
> deals
> with Norton Antivirus. I have done everything, changing name, changing
> rules
> on the network, etc.
>
> It still doesn't work for me.
>
> However, it may for you.
>


Norton AV is not on this machine, and never has been..............