it's been hot and we momentarily lost power a couple of days ago. afterwards
i could not see my xp desktop (which lost power) and my printer showed as
inactive. i deleted and then reinstalled the printer on the network and it
works fine again. i still can not see the desktop from my vista laptop
(which was on battery and did not lose power) and vice versa. used to work
perfectly before this. any ideas how to fix this???? thanks . . .

Below are standard settings to check.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer
sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their
Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is
the SAME.

In Vista Network and Sharing:

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

File Sharing: ON

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared
Docs)

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and
passwords (passwords can be different) on ALL computers in your Network) If
you have it ON, you will be asked for a username and password when you try to
access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista computer.

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing
Wizard to include Vista in your “New� Network, even if you had an XP Network
set up prior to adding a Vista computer to it(redoing the Wizard seems to
work for XP machines!).

In “My Network Places�: “Set up a Home or Small Office Network�
OR under Accessories Communications Network Setup Wizard Allow File
and Printer Sharing.



--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"dougp" wrote:

it's been hot and we momentarily lost power a couple of days ago. afterwards
i could not see my xp desktop (which lost power) and my printer showed as
inactive. i deleted and then reinstalled the printer on the network and it
works fine again. i still can not see the desktop from my vista laptop
(which was on battery and did not lose power) and vice versa. used to work
perfectly before this. any ideas how to fix this???? thanks . . .