Hi, just got a laptop with Vista Home Premium and was trying to connect it to my home network, which is all XP, im in the same workgroup and the other computers can see me, but i cant see them. this is a wired ethernet network through a router. any ideas how to fix it so i can share between everyone connected?

on the vista computer, open properties of the network, advanced, click on object and look fir 'everyone' double click that word, that moves into the list along with admins, etc. should work then. somewhere in this forum, a poster has a visual aid for that process

Unlike XP Vista requires you make shares and allocate them to users. (Could be only on the Business Version-Not Sure) You do this via right click computer and manage (users) You may want to turn off IPv6 as well as it has issues with routers that do not cater for it. I use Vista Business but i imagine Home Premium is no different. Network sharing was quite easy for a chage. If it still gives you grief try disengaging the firewall 'till you get the network up. Also on the XP machines try serching for your computer name and also ping your IP address to maake sure the vista machine can be seen over the network. Cheers. Any Society That Would Give Up Essential Liberty For Temporary Security Will Lose Both & Deserve Neither.

Home networking is a breeze in Vista once you overcome the "admin" hurdles inherent in the OS. Insofar as you've enable disc sharing & allocated users as Soldano had hinted - you ought to be good.