I have two new Vista Computers, both running Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
I am trying to setup sharing so that I can use the same printer and
share files. However, when I type in the other computers
'\\computername' (file://\\computername) into either of the two
computers search boxes it says 'Windows cannot access '\\computername''
(file://\\computername). Both computers have the same Network name and
have Network Discovery, File Sharing, Public Folder Sharing and Media
Sharing Turned on. The Computer w/ the Printer has Printer Sharing
turned on. Both Computers also have Link-Layer Topology Discovery
Mapper and Responder enabled. I can't figure out why they won't
recognize each other. My only guess is that my wireless router is not
allowing them to see each other. I have a home network connected to a
wired router that one of the computers and a Linksys wireless router are
connected to. The second computer passes through the Linksys wireless
router to get to my home network backbone. Any ideas?


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indymurf

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.

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Mick Murphy - Qld (Sunshine State) - Australia


"indymurf" wrote:


I have two new Vista Computers, both running Vista Home Premium 64 bit.
I am trying to setup sharing so that I can use the same printer and
share files. However, when I type in the other computers
'\\computername' (file://\\computername) into either of the two
computers search boxes it says 'Windows cannot access '\\computername''
(file://\\computername). Both computers have the same Network name and
have Network Discovery, File Sharing, Public Folder Sharing and Media
Sharing Turned on. The Computer w/ the Printer has Printer Sharing
turned on. Both Computers also have Link-Layer Topology Discovery
Mapper and Responder enabled. I can't figure out why they won't
recognize each other. My only guess is that my wireless router is not
allowing them to see each other. I have a home network connected to a
wired router that one of the computers and a Linksys wireless router are
connected to. The second computer passes through the Linksys wireless
router to get to my home network backbone. Any ideas?


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indymurf

This appears to be a Norton Utilities Firewall issue. If I configure
Norton's Firewall settings to allow the ip address of the other pc, then
each pc can then connect to and share resources with the other.


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indymurf