kondave,
I'm avoiding basic questions like "did you connect the PCs to the same router?" as I feel that such a question would insult your intelligence. If you've had file sharing working before between 2 or more XP machines, then you obviously know that basic stuff about networking.
Something is clearly preventing your Vista PC from accessing those shares on XP. We need to focus on the Vista PC. If you can RDP between the Vista & XP PC, then you obviously have basic IP connectivity.
Question - do you have "Windows Live One Care" installed on your Vista PC? If so, uninstall this and try to access the XP shares again.
You can download a tool to remove OneCare at:
http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...areCleanUp.exe
I'm running 5 Windows XP-based PCs and 2 Vista-based laptops ALL on the same home networked using both wired and wireless connections to a common router. Not having any problems with either Vista-based laptop connecting to shared printers and folders on various XP-based PCs. I say this because I KNOW this can work. If XP-to-XP sharing works in your environment, then it's unlikely that the problem is the setup of the shares on XP, your router or networking setup. The problem is likely something wrong on the Vista PC which is blocking Vista's ability to see or connect to those XP shares. This could be a blocked IP port (firewalled), a security issue or a corrupted networking/filesharing configuration on your Vista PC.
I've never found any of those Windows "Repair Wizards" to be of much use. They tend to only attempt to resolve very obvious problems. That said, we need to try making some changes on the Vista side, one change at a time until the problem is resolved.
Reply and we should be able to help.
- John