I just bought a new PC (call it Vista) and need to transfer my files to it from my old PC (call it XP) ive got a fairly old linksys BEFSR41 router linking them together my internet is provided to only my Vista computer via a wireless router connecting to USB
my problem is ive got my computers connected to my router, file sharing/public folder sharing/network discovery is all enabled on my Vista computer and the network is set to private and they are both in the same "workgroup" my 2 root HDD's are shared on my XP machine. all passwords and protections have been turned off on my XP machine. yet my Vista computer cannot even see my XP machine let alone transfer any files and vice versa I doubt its my Vista machine because networking with my XP machine has always been frustrating but this time I just cant seem to figure it out
thanks in advance to anyone who can solve the problem!
my problem is ive got my computers connected to my router, file sharing/public folder sharing/network discovery is all enabled on my Vista computer and the network is set to private and they are both in the same "workgroup" my 2 root HDD's are shared on my XP machine. all passwords and protections have been turned off on my XP machine. yet my Vista computer cannot even see my XP machine let alone transfer any files and vice versa I doubt its my Vista machine because networking with my XP machine has always been frustrating but this time I just cant seem to figure it out
thanks in advance to anyone who can solve the problem!