Fantastic! It was the File and Printer sharing on the Vista machine that wasn't turned on. I had checked it on the XP machine but didn't find it...
First time I tried this I got "System error 53 " Then I remembered that I had re-enabled the Vista Windows Firewall (setup for a private home...
Appreciate the continued suggestions! That's not it, unfortunately. I have shared a folder on the XP machine, and I can see it fine from the Vista...
Thanks for both those replies. I checked and the XP machine does have File and Printer sharing on the network tab. I tried the IP reset on the XP...
OK, thanks for this. I'm pretty sure that the DNS is correct. Well, I certainly haven't messed with it! And if I am on the XP machine and "ping...
Thanks, I've given that a go. net use \\192.168.1.103 /u:Doug and the response was "System error 53 has occurred. The network path was not...
OK I have changed my settings as suggested. I've turned off "public folder sharing" and turned on "password protection ". My settings now:...
No problem - anything I can do to get to the bottom of this! The vista machine is named "Doug-PC" and workgroup "WORKGROUP " The XP machine...
Thanks for the suggestion. Both machines have a user name and password to log on, and these are the same for both. On the Vista machine I went...
Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me out with this. I have a Vista laptop and an XP (SP2) laptop which I'm trying to file share between....
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