[SOLVED] Me too - cannot share between Vista and XP

[StuNicholson]

My problem sounds similar to Maniak29. I have two XP machines (one each SP2 and SP3) successfully sharing files with a recently added Vista machine.

Added a third XP (SP3) machine today..it sees the Vista machine in the workgroup however cannot access it (get the "\\computername is not accessible. You might not have permission..." etc message).

Going the other direction everything works fine: the Vista machine sees the third XP machine and opens shared folders on it no problem.

Both the Vista and third XP machine see and share folders with the original two XP machines

Vista Machine Facts:
-Firewall disabled
-Network discovery, file sharing and public folder sharing ON
-Location type = Private
-Workgroup name = WORKGROUP
-All XP machines respond when pinged from the Vista machine

XP Machine Facts:
- Firewall disabled (as far as I can tell)
- File and printer sharing enabled
- Workgroup name = WORKGROUP
- Other XP machines respond when pinged, Vista machine doesn't.

Per the request to Maniak29, here are the nbtstat and ipconfig outputs:

1) FROM THE XP MACHINE

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Carl>cd\

C:\>nbtstat -n

Wireless Network Connection 7:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.8] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
FIELDBOOK <00> UNIQUE Registered
FIELDBOOK <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : FIELDBOOK
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-
N USB Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-E5-DA-B4-B0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::21e:e5ff:feda:b4b0%8
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 05, 2009 7:54:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:54:38 PM


Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-F5-D4-B8-1F-CA-AE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:8000:f5d4:b81f:caae

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-08
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.8%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


2) FROM THE VISTA MACHINE

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Administrator>cd\

C:\>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.10] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PRIMEX <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
PRIMEX <20> UNIQUE Registered

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PRIMEX
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys Wireless-G PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-B6-58-40-2C
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d811:2f6d:ac3:b8b%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 05, 2009 1:12:04 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:11:51 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E
Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-23-54-3A-B6-8F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{609B0F00-9BE9-411A-A0BE-97FFF44B7
2FA}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{47CA50AD-5099-4302-A39A-B31EB8ECD
096}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\>

[johnwill]

If the Vista machine can't be pinged by name, there's your problem. That's almost always a firewall component blocking access.

[StuNicholson]

Thanks. Firewalls are turned off however I understand some remnants of a firewall may still prevent communication. So the question is which machine is the culprit? Insofar as other XP machines can ping the Vista machine, I suppose the firewall issue is on the one XP machine that cannot ping the vista. Yes, No?

[StuNicholson]

Ignore previous post...my mistake, you were right. Norton was running on the vista machine. Changed the personal firewall settings to trust the LAN (allow Windows File Sharing) and everything worked.

[johnwill]

Glad you figured it out.

Remember: Failure to ping, think firewall!