I searched and searched, and finally found the answer to Vista not
seeing XP shared folders and vice-versa, even XP to XP in some cases.
It's on the XP machine, and it has to do with File Permissions. I know
this sounds stupid, but I tried EVERY trick that was out there (changing
Vista's Lan Manager back to v1, making the same user on each machine,
etc.) but this worked b-e-a-utifully for me.

It's all about WHO owns (not just has the rights to) the
folders/partition. I was silly and changed my user name months ago,
which threw XP into a "hidden tizzy." when I added a new Vista machine
to the works, the problem surfaced BIG TIME.

Solution: I created a new user w/admin priviledges. Then I rebooted and
logged in as the new user (necessary to make registry changes, etc.).
Then, I copied all of the old user's Desktop, Favorites, etc. into the
new account's folders to ensure I lost as little as necessary, because
I'm going to kill the old account.

Then, I went into the properties of EACH hard disc (from "My Computer")
and under Sharing, I added the new user with full access permissions
WITH subfolders, etc. selected. Then I went into the Security Tab, the
Advanced... button and made the new user the OWNER of the disk, again
WITH subfolders, etc. This can take some time... I did this, starting
with my two data discs and finishing with the Windows System disc. It
popped a few dialogue boxes asking if it was OK to assign the new user
rights to the hidden Windows folders...I OK'd it on all ocaissions.

I rebooted and logged in (confirming that the new user had all the
rights necessary), killed the old user account, rebooted, and VOILA! I
could log into it from Vista and suddenly XP could log into Vista, from
both Vista/XP sides using either UNC/IP addressing and administrative
(C$) or named shared priviledges.

This is an OLD Macintosh (circa 1995) trap/trick that occurs when the
owner's name is changed and pointers get smushed.


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