Transfering files from XP to Vista computer?

[Starcontrol]

I'm trying to set up a network to transfer files from my old XP computer to my new Vista Dell. Both computers right now can access the internet through the router (Linksys).
My XP machine can see the shared folders on the Vista machine. On my vista machine, I can see the XP machine on the network map, however, I can't see it under windows explorer.
I can ping the XP computer from my Vista computer via the IP address. I've tried turning off the windows firewalls on both computers at the same time without any effect. File and printer sharing is enabled on both computers. Any help would be appreciated.

[johnwill]

If you can't ping by name, there's still a problem.

Do this on each machine.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following two commands:

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[Starcontrol]

This is my Vista machine. It's called Hyperion.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Steve>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.103] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

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

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Users\Steve>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hyperion
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : usc.edu

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11g Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-8C-8E-FF-CC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : socal.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82566DC-2 Gigabit Network Connec
tion
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1D-09-29-BC-85
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2ceb:1f5:4b40:975c%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:48:27 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:48:25 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 201334025
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.75.164.90
66.75.164.89
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e66:cf7:3684:3f57:fe98(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cf7:3684:3f57:fe98%8(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{05F2A1E5-2609-41F5-A044-6B2D3DAF8
D63}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : socal.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.socal.rr.com
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.103%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.75.164.90
66.75.164.89
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

C:\Users\Steve>
**********************
My XP Computer is Pandora

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Steve>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.100] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Steve>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Pandora
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : socal.rr.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : socal.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-4E-7E-A4
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.75.164.90
66.75.164.89
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:02:25 P
M
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:02:25
PM

[johnwill]

Check your Services are Started on all PCs:

• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• DNS Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• Workstation

Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic (or perhaps manual).

[Starcontrol]

All of those services are started on both computers and are on automatic on the Vista machine. On the xp machine Networkk Connects and Network Location Awareness are both manual, and the rest are automatic.
Thanks for your help, by the way!

[johnwill]

Are you able to ping by computer name both ways? If these are the only two computers in the "network", you have a browsing issue, neither of them is the master browser.

[Starcontrol]

So from my XP machine I can ping Vista with both the Vista's computer name and IP address.

From my Vista machine, pinging the computer name of the XP gets me the message "Ping request could not find host pandora. Please check the name and try again." If I try pinging the IP address it says it lost 4 packets.

So if it is a master browser issue, what do I do?

[johnwill]

It's a firewall issue. Failure to ping is almost always a firewall issue.