Vista laptiop can not see other computers on network

nwilcox · 02-16-2008, 01:10 PM

I am setting up a home network for a friend between a Vista Basic Laptop and XP Professional Desktop.

The XP Professional Desktop is wired and has a printer that is setup to share.

The Vista Basic laptop is a wireless.

Both have the same workgroup name. Firewall in XP and Vista are off.

When I browse the network "My Network Places" with the XP Machine, I see the laptop. But when I view "Network" from the laptop I do not see anything.

Network Discovery is turned on.

I have setup a home network for myself, same configuration... And As soon as I turned laptop on it automatically found the printer on my desktop.

Any other ideas?

bongo667 · 02-16-2008, 09:59 PM

Did you try hard wiring the laptop with a cat5 instead of relying on the wireless? I had this problem once and I had to hook the laptop up to the internet hard wired and then I could see all computers and printers on my network. Just a thought.

nwilcox · 02-17-2008, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bongo667

Did you try hard wiring the laptop with a cat5 instead of relying on the wireless? I had this problem once and I had to hook the laptop up to the internet hard wired and then I could see all computers and printers on my network. Just a thought.

No I did not try that. Were you able to use the wireless network after that though?

02-16-2008, 01:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
nwilcox Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 124 OS: Windows XP w/SP2 My System	Vista laptiop can not see other computers on network I am setting up a home network for a friend between a Vista Basic Laptop and XP Professional Desktop. The XP Professional Desktop is wired and has a printer that is setup to share. The Vista Basic laptop is a wireless. Both have the same workgroup name. Firewall in XP and Vista are off. When I browse the network "My Network Places" with the XP Machine, I see the laptop. But when I view "Network" from the laptop I do not see anything. Network Discovery is turned on. I have setup a home network for myself, same configuration... And As soon as I turned laptop on it automatically found the printer on my desktop. Any other ideas?

02-16-2008, 09:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
bongo667 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 130 OS: 2k pro/XP sp2/XP Tablet/Vista/Linux/Fedora	Re: Vista laptiop can not see other computers on network Did you try hard wiring the laptop with a cat5 instead of relying on the wireless? I had this problem once and I had to hook the laptop up to the internet hard wired and then I could see all computers and printers on my network. Just a thought.