XpP won"t connect to Vista

DeJecTus · 02-23-2008, 02:24 PM

I have two computers, one Vista Home Premium 32, the other Xp Home SP2.

My question is I can see the XP computer from the Vista one and I can go in and transfer files, but I can't do it the other way around. When trying to grab files from Vista to the XP machine it asks for a user name and password, but I never put a password on the Vista machine.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

mshaneweaver · 02-23-2008, 03:31 PM

Make sure the guest account is active on the XP machine and I would use Simple File Sharing. That should fix that direction. As for going from XP to Vista, my experience is that you have to go through their little file sharing/networking wizard. I havent set many Vista units up on networking yet.

Shane

DeJecTus · 02-23-2008, 05:28 PM

Thanks for advice.

I have the abilty to from Vist to XP, just not XP to Vista. I guess I will just transfer everything from the Vista computer. It was more of a convience kind of thing. Thanks again.

**johnwill** · 02-23-2008, 06:13 PM

Windows XP And Vista On The LAN Together

02-23-2008, 02:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
DeJecTus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Vista 32-bit	XpP won"t connect to Vista I have two computers, one Vista Home Premium 32, the other Xp Home SP2. My question is I can see the XP computer from the Vista one and I can go in and transfer files, but I can't do it the other way around. When trying to grab files from Vista to the XP machine it asks for a user name and password, but I never put a password on the Vista machine. Any help is greatly appreciated.

02-23-2008, 03:31 PM	#2 (permalink)
mshaneweaver Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Pro	Re: XpP won"t connect to Vista Make sure the guest account is active on the XP machine and I would use Simple File Sharing. That should fix that direction. As for going from XP to Vista, my experience is that you have to go through their little file sharing/networking wizard. I havent set many Vista units up on networking yet. Shane

02-23-2008, 05:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
DeJecTus Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Vista 32-bit	Re: XpP won"t connect to Vista Thanks for advice. I have the abilty to from Vist to XP, just not XP to Vista. I guess I will just transfer everything from the Vista computer. It was more of a convience kind of thing. Thanks again.

02-23-2008, 06:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,654 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: XpP won"t connect to Vista Windows XP And Vista On The LAN Together __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience