I want to transfer certain files from my old xp computer to my new vista one. I can get the xp computer to transfer files back and forth with my other xp computer, but not with the new one.

They are in the same workgroup (the XP comp sees the vista one, but it won't let it connect) and the xp won't show on Vista's network (but I can ping it). I tried turning off the firewall, but it didn't help. I turned on all file sharing options that I know of.
I tried the Easy Transfer Wizard as a last resort and it worked once, but I would like to have the easy drag-and-drop method.

Help, please?

Did you build an account for each machine on the other?

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I'm not sure what you mean... so probably not.

Can you tell me how I would do that?

Hade a similor probleme and the guy's in the XP forum help me with this

Hi.
I had the same problem and it really annoyed me. At last I found a great solution for it on the Internet. It works with most XP Pro and Home Editions.
1. Start > Run > regedit.exe
2. Go to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SYSTEM
CurrentControlSet
Control
Lsa
3. Change the value of a key called "restrictanonymous" to 0 instead of 1 or 2.
4. Don't change "restrictanonymoussam" value.
5. The value should be REG_DWORD and Hexadecimal Base. (That's the default for that key)
6. Restart your computer and access the resources on that PC, it should work properly.

Hope it works.
Inform me of the results please

My value for restrictanonymous was already 0 (0x00000(0)), so I think your problem was different from mine.

Anyone else have any ideas?

You need to have a user account for the XP machine on the Vista machine and the Vista machine on the XP machine.

Add a user on each machine for the other one.

So the XP machine has an account on it for the Vista machine called "Ralph" if Ralph is the main user on the Vista machine.

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By main user, do you mean administrator? On my vista machine, I have an account called admin that is the administrator and a standard account called Ralph. On the XP, I have an account called Ralph.

Should I make an account on the XP called admin?

OK. let's try this.

If the XP machine is Ralph and the Vista Machine is Sally, you would need to build an account on the XP machine a user account for Sally.

Then on the Vista machine you would build an account for Ralph.

This way when Ralph goes to look at the files on Sally (the Vista machine) the Vista machine Sally, says "Ah ha, Ralph has an account here and can copy files or move them." (Depending on what permissions you give Ralph on Sally.)

So Sally allows Ralph access to the Vista files. If Sally wants to log onto Ralph, but you haven't built an account for Sally on Ralph, Ralph will go, "You're a nice girl Sally, but unless you have ID on this machine, you can't come in." And Sally goes home grumpy.

Kinda of silly way to explain it I guess, but sometimes a different angle helps.

You can assign permissions as you see fit from Administrator on down to just a user or even restricted user.

Larry

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I went through the same thing...There is a patch from M$ you need to install on the xp machine in order to be able to properly see and communicate with the the vista machine.

I'm sorry, I'm not at home right now (at work) and I can't remember the name of the patch. But if you go to microsoft support and do a search, you will find it. If I remember later this eve when I get home... I'll give you the name.

blackbill:
I already installed the patch (if we're thinking of the same thing) and restarted.

I'm going to try seawatch's suggestion now.

I understand your explanation of user accounts, but I don't understand what to do. I added a user account on the Vista machine for the XP one to use, but it didn't help.

Again, when I go to "Network" on Vista, it only shows the vista comp itself. I want it to show the XP one. On the XP computer, I see the vista one under workgroup, but I get an error message when I try to connect. What's the first thing I should do to do the user accounts thing?

Or if anyone else has another idea... thanks.

Not sure of we're talking the same patch so I'll give it to you anyway:

WINDOWS XP-KB922120-v5-x86-ENU.EXE

Until I installed this patch I could not get the Vista machine to show the XP machines on the network. After installation I had no more problems.

That is the one I already installed. Still not working.

Could it be something on my router that might be blocking whatever new protocol Vista uses?

Probably not. Vista is not that kind of hardware dependent.

Besides, if you can ping it that parts OK.

Have you turned off Simple File Sharing on the XP machine?

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Probably not... how do I do that?

Do a search in the help file for Simple File Sharing. Follow the steps.

(I don't use XP so I can't tell you off the top of my head how to do it.)

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I turned it off... still no luck.

Does anyone know if there are any programs (maybe P2P) that I could use to just transfer the files over my network without using a remote tracker or something?

Maybe try a crossover. I havent tried it yet. Im getting my vista machine later this week. But let me know if it works.