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cant network xp to vista
Name: Victron69 Date: February 21, 2009 at 11:21:51 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
No matter how many times I run the network wizards and enable permissions and try to connect,I cant get my xp machine to connect to my vista. I have the icon for the other network pc showing on "my Network" but when I try to connect I get I get message that that drive is not spelled right or available. any ideas?
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: February 21, 2009 at 12:29:40 Pacific
Reply:
Can you ping the Vista machine?
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Response Number 2
Name: picohat Date: February 21, 2009 at 18:51:21 Pacific
Reply:
Make sure there is no firewall blocking on computer and XP can ping Vista and vice-versa. Also you need to enable file sharing correctly on computers, here are some articles to help you:
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