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September 3rd 09, 11:21 PM
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Any chance today's Win Vista update has messed up my network access?
Hi all:
I have a simple 3 computer network: Mine (Vista/wired connection) Wife (XP/wired connection) Child (XP/wireless connection) connected together via a fairly new Belkin router. Today I went to print on the shared printer connected to the Wife's computer (a setup we've had working for several years) and nothing happened. Determined that the printer still was shared (yes) and worked from Wife's machine (yes). Shut everything down, rebooted everything, no joy. StartControl PanelNetwork and Sharing CenterView Computers and Devices shows only my computer and the router. Entering the management tool for the router shows all 3 computers connected, and all 3 computers have Internet access. Since I didn't attempt to print to the shared printer yesterday and since I didn't try to look at network computers and devices yesterday I don't really know if my problem just popped up today, but so far I haven't been able to figure out what's happening here and the only other "Big" event today was the Win Vista update. Coincidence? Anybody else encounter this problem? Or, any thoughts about how to fix this problem assuming the Win Vista update *isn't* the issue? TIA. Tom Young 
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September 4th 09, 03:39 AM
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Any chance today's Win Vista update has messed up my networkaccess?
On Sep 3, 4:21*pm, TomYoung wrote:
Hi all: I have a simple 3 computer network: Mine (Vista/wired connection) Wife (XP/wired connection) Child (XP/wireless connection) connected together via a fairly new Belkin router. Today I went to print on the shared printer connected to the Wife's computer (a setup we've had working for several years) and nothing happened. *Determined that the printer still was shared (yes) and worked from Wife's machine (yes). *Shut everything down, rebooted everything, no joy. StartControl PanelNetwork and Sharing CenterView Computers and Devices shows only my computer and the router. Entering the management tool for the router shows all 3 computers connected, and all 3 computers have Internet access. Since I didn't attempt to print to the shared printer yesterday and since I didn't try to look at network computers and devices yesterday I don't really know if my problem just popped up today, but so far I haven't been able to figure out what's happening here and the only other "Big" event today was the Win Vista update. Coincidence? Anybody else encounter this problem? Or, any thoughts about how to fix this problem assuming the Win Vista update *isn't* the issue? TIA. Tom Young Well, the problem is clearly firewall related. Disabling the firewall completely on the Wife's computer allowed me access to her computer and shared printer. Something that the Win Vista update did? Maybe some McAfee update I didn't notice? Who knows! Tom Young
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September 4th 09, 03:39 AM
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Any chance today's Win Vista update has messed up my networkaccess?
On Sep 3, 4:21*pm, TomYoung wrote:
Hi all: I have a simple 3 computer network: Mine (Vista/wired connection) Wife (XP/wired connection) Child (XP/wireless connection) connected together via a fairly new Belkin router. Today I went to print on the shared printer connected to the Wife's computer (a setup we've had working for several years) and nothing happened. *Determined that the printer still was shared (yes) and worked from Wife's machine (yes). *Shut everything down, rebooted everything, no joy. StartControl PanelNetwork and Sharing CenterView Computers and Devices shows only my computer and the router. Entering the management tool for the router shows all 3 computers connected, and all 3 computers have Internet access. Since I didn't attempt to print to the shared printer yesterday and since I didn't try to look at network computers and devices yesterday I don't really know if my problem just popped up today, but so far I haven't been able to figure out what's happening here and the only other "Big" event today was the Win Vista update. Coincidence? Anybody else encounter this problem? Or, any thoughts about how to fix this problem assuming the Win Vista update *isn't* the issue? TIA. Tom Young Well, the problem is clearly firewall related. Disabling the firewall completely on the Wife's computer allowed me access to her computer and shared printer. Something that the Win Vista update did? Maybe some McAfee update I didn't notice? Who knows! Tom Young
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