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I have a desktop with xp on it
i also have a laptop with vista home premium on it i have set up a wireless router and both machines can connect to the internet ok when i use my laptop i cant see or share files of my desktop what i want to do is access all my music 50gb so if iam outside ine garden i can play my music can someone please help me solve this many thanks |
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
The above link should help. "philswatsof2" wrote: I have a desktop with xp on it i also have a laptop with vista home premium on it i have set up a wireless router and both machines can connect to the internet ok when i use my laptop i cant see or share files of my desktop what i want to do is access all my music 50gb so if iam outside ine garden i can play my music can someone please help me solve this many thanks |
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If turn off the firewall, you can ping each other by IP? Or this troubleshooting may help,
Vista troubleshootingTroubleshooting Vista Remote Access Issues ... Networking between Vista and other Windows OS ... Info: Step by step troubleshooting VISTA sharing ... http://www.chicagotech.net/vista/vista.htm Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "philswatsof2" wrote in message ... I have a desktop with xp on it i also have a laptop with vista home premium on it i have set up a wireless router and both machines can connect to the internet ok when i use my laptop i cant see or share files of my desktop what i want to do is access all my music 50gb so if iam outside ine garden i can play my music can someone please help me solve this many thanks |