Can't Connect Vista with XP

Freaking-Pingo · 05-07-2008, 01:44 PM

Heey I can't connect my own XP pro, with my sisters new laptop with Vista Home edetion..

I searched several sites, and tutorials without anything works and now i would try to post in here.

Like i said my sister has Windows Vista Home edetion, and i am trying to connect them with each other, so i can transfer som files. The problems is, i cant..

When i search like \\Camilla-PC on my XP it says

"The network path was not found"

When i do it on my sisters Vista and search for \\Marc it says

(Translating from Danish to English)

You couldent get acces to \\Marc

"Control, if the name is spelled correct. Sometimes the can be problems with the network. click on dianostic to try to identify and solute the networkproblem"

They both got the same workgroup. MSHOME

The funny thing is, that sometimes i can see \\Marc on my sisters computer, but then just suddenly it disappair, and no its not because my wireless dont work, because i am sitting on this laptop, and playing over the internet while that happened.

But the time when it happened, it still couldent connect, so i am kinda confuse, what to do now, and i really hope some ppl out there knows what to do.

The XP computer has connected before with several other XP computer, but first time its gonna connect to an Vista computer, and the vista computer is brand new... so

Help me, i tried everything :/

johnwill · 05-08-2008, 06:15 AM

Windows XP And Vista On The LAN Together

05-07-2008, 01:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Freaking-Pingo Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Can't Connect Vista with XP Heey I can't connect my own XP pro, with my sisters new laptop with Vista Home edetion.. I searched several sites, and tutorials without anything works and now i would try to post in here. Like i said my sister has Windows Vista Home edetion, and i am trying to connect them with each other, so i can transfer som files. The problems is, i cant.. When i search like \\Camilla-PC on my XP it says "The network path was not found" When i do it on my sisters Vista and search for \\Marc it says (Translating from Danish to English) You couldent get acces to \\Marc "Control, if the name is spelled correct. Sometimes the can be problems with the network. click on dianostic to try to identify and solute the networkproblem" They both got the same workgroup. MSHOME The funny thing is, that sometimes i can see \\Marc on my sisters computer, but then just suddenly it disappair, and no its not because my wireless dont work, because i am sitting on this laptop, and playing over the internet while that happened. But the time when it happened, it still couldent connect, so i am kinda confuse, what to do now, and i really hope some ppl out there knows what to do. The XP computer has connected before with several other XP computer, but first time its gonna connect to an Vista computer, and the vista computer is brand new... so Help me, i tried everything :/

05-08-2008, 06:15 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Can't Connect Vista with XP 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