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Cannot see workgroup computers



 
 
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Old January 2nd 07, 09:07 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
wrtbd
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name of the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net (of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.
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Old January 3rd 07, 01:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Mitch Roberson
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net (of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.



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Old January 3rd 07, 01:43 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
wrtbd
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?

"Mitch Roberson" wrote:

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net (of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.




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Old January 3rd 07, 04:05 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Jeff
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

This may be what you're looking for?
if not, it'll show XP computers on Vista maps, and yup, install it in your
xp machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?

"Mitch Roberson" wrote:

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in
my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name
of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs
on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net
(of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.





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Old January 3rd 07, 09:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
wrtbd
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Thanks for your reply and the URL. I installed LLDR on an XP box, rebooted
both machines and still cannot see the XP box or anything else in the
workgroup.

"Jeff" wrote:

This may be what you're looking for?
if not, it'll show XP computers on Vista maps, and yup, install it in your
xp machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?

"Mitch Roberson" wrote:

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in
my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name
of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs
on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net
(of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.





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Old January 4th 07, 02:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Jeff
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

sorry,
it was a thought
in vista-the default workgroup is "workgroup"
and in xp it's "mshome"
ya prolly already know that-but ya might wanna chk that;
other than that;
I give-vista and xp on a lan-see all of my machines

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your reply and the URL. I installed LLDR on an XP box,
rebooted
both machines and still cannot see the XP box or anything else in the
workgroup.

"Jeff" wrote:

This may be what you're looking for?
if not, it'll show XP computers on Vista maps, and yup, install it in
your
xp machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?

"Mitch Roberson" wrote:

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs
in
my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the
name
of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery.
I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the
PCs
on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the
'net
(of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why
I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.






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Old January 4th 07, 12:53 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Mitch Roberson
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Posts: 9
Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Are they all on the same subnet. LLDP is not a routable protocol so it is
just a thought.
"Jeff" wrote in message
...
sorry,
it was a thought
in vista-the default workgroup is "workgroup"
and in xp it's "mshome"
ya prolly already know that-but ya might wanna chk that;
other than that;
I give-vista and xp on a lan-see all of my machines

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your reply and the URL. I installed LLDR on an XP box,
rebooted
both machines and still cannot see the XP box or anything else in the
workgroup.

"Jeff" wrote:

This may be what you're looking for?
if not, it'll show XP computers on Vista maps, and yup, install it in
your
xp machines.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en

Jeff

"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
Thanks for your response. No, I do not have LLDR installed on the XP
machines. Does this come with the RC1 Build? Will it allow workgroup
elements such as wireless print servers to be seen by Vista? Is LLDR
necessary for a Win2K machine to be seen by Vista?

"Mitch Roberson" wrote:

Do you have the LLDR (Link Layer Discovery Responder) installed on
the
Windows XP machines?
"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs
in
my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the
name
of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery.
I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the
PCs
on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the
'net
(of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why
I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.








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Old January 6th 07, 08:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Bruce Sanderson
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Posts: 138
Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Do you mean "can't see" under Network in Explorer or something else?

In Start, Run, key \\othercomputername and press Enter. What happens?

If you haven't already, try enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP (network connection
Properties, Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), Properties, Advanced...,
WINS).

Vista can interoperate with XP and 2003 computers that do not have the LLTD
Responder installed. Adding the LLTD Responder
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en)
will allow XP computers to appear in the "Network Map", but is not required
for "normal" interoperability.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net (of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.


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Old January 7th 07, 03:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
C. Britton
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Default Cannot see workgroup computers

I am not offering a solution. I only want to say that I have the exact same
problem on my system using RC-1 x64. I have taken every precaution mentioned
in this thread and I still can't get around the problem. I even went so far
as to disable the firewall in my router in case it was the culprit. That
didn't work either.

One thing I am able to do that I didn't see mentioned here is that I can see
and access shared folders on the Vista machine from both the XP and the
Windows 2000 machines on the network. In other words I have one-way network
traffic only.

And, no I can't see the other machines anywhere in Vista, not just in
Windows Explorer.



"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

Do you mean "can't see" under Network in Explorer or something else?

In Start, Run, key \\othercomputername and press Enter. What happens?

If you haven't already, try enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP (network connection
Properties, Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), Properties, Advanced...,
WINS).

Vista can interoperate with XP and 2003 computers that do not have the LLTD
Responder installed. Adding the LLTD Responder
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en)
will allow XP computers to appear in the "Network Map", but is not required
for "normal" interoperability.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net (of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.


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Old January 7th 07, 05:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing
Bruce Sanderson
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Posts: 138
Default Cannot see workgroup computers

Hmm, puzzling. Quite a large number of problems were corrected between RC1
and RTM, including some relating to networking.

If you haven't already try:
1. click Start, Run
2. key
\\XPComputerName\ShareName
press Enter

Usually, you may get you a prompt for credentials, but you should get an
Explorer window showing the content of the target share.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"C. Britton" wrote in message
...
I am not offering a solution. I only want to say that I have the exact
same
problem on my system using RC-1 x64. I have taken every precaution
mentioned
in this thread and I still can't get around the problem. I even went so
far
as to disable the firewall in my router in case it was the culprit. That
didn't work either.

One thing I am able to do that I didn't see mentioned here is that I can
see
and access shared folders on the Vista machine from both the XP and the
Windows 2000 machines on the network. In other words I have one-way
network
traffic only.

And, no I can't see the other machines anywhere in Vista, not just in
Windows Explorer.



"Bruce Sanderson" wrote:

Do you mean "can't see" under Network in Explorer or something else?

In Start, Run, key \\othercomputername and press Enter. What happens?

If you haven't already, try enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP (network
connection
Properties, Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), Properties,
Advanced...,
WINS).

Vista can interoperate with XP and 2003 computers that do not have the
LLTD
Responder installed. Adding the LLTD Responder
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en)
will allow XP computers to appear in the "Network Map", but is not
required
for "normal" interoperability.

--
Bruce Sanderson MVP Printing
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders

It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"wrtbd" wrote in message
...
With WinVista RC1 Build 5600 installed, I cannot see any of the PCs in
my
workgroup (all WinXP or Win2K). Within Vista, I have changed the name
of
the
workgroup to reflect the workgroup name. I have enabled discovery. I
have
the network identified as a private network. I can ping all of the PCs
on
the network, but Vista will not recognize them. I can get to the 'net
(of
course). Within Services, LLTD keeps stopping. I have all of the
dependencies for LLTD started. I have the LLTD elements enabled in
Group
Policy.
Can anyone offer a suggestion as to why LLTD keeps stopping and why I
cannot
see any other elements of my workgroup? Thanks.



 




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