Vista pc cannot see xp

This was done long ago but I thought I'd check it again just to make sure. It is still set at 1. Besides that So, if you know about the XP machines Username and Password, why not put it in? You might need to check to see that you are inputting the correct username and password. Try and change the Username and password on your XP machine and go from there.

I do enter the username and password but it always returns "Logon Unsuccessful". All machines are using the same username and password I'm not worried about security since I am the only one with physical access to the computers. And yes, they are all on the same workgroup except for the Ubuntu machine, but that's not an issue anyway.

I tried changing the username and password temporarily on the XP machine but still got invalid login, so I just changed it back so I wouldn't introduce new problems to all the other computers.

I used to map a drive using a batch file with net command: You may want to try this if you have not tried it already. PS: i tried to put full command line here but that was not displayed correctly.

The network path was not found. Yes, Documents is the share name on C All other computers can read and write to it just fine. No login necessary even. If you're asking for technical help, please be sure to include all your system info, including operating system, model number, and any other specifics related to the problem.

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For specific hardware-related issues, please use the Windows Vista Hardware forum 1 3. Sign in to vote. Thank you. Friday, December 17, AM. Hi Avocado, First, please boot both computers in safe mode with network and Clean Boot environment to check this issue. If the issue persists in the above environments, please go to check if the following hotfix is installed correctly: Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XP Please update the chipset motherboard and bios to test.

This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Thursday, December 23, AM. So nothing installed. Still can't get the Vista machine to recognize the XPs. Ordinarily, I would suggest you find the update KB on the XP machines, delete it, then try the update again, but it's difficult to believe that all machines have a corrupted file.

That would tend to point to the Vista machine being the culprit. Apart from deleting the current network settings and starting over, there's little more I can add. Has this always been the situation, or did it suddenly happen, like installing a service pack? And real basic here, Don't overlook a possible firewall issue. I have seen Norton cause an issue. Thanks for all your help. I finally solved the problem by downloading a "hotfix" to each XP PC.

Also had to tweak the Norton firewall.