XP Pro and Vista Issues...

So is it me, or do you have to be a computer programmer, and someone with 20
years of networking experiance, just to create a simple home network with
windows?

I have my Vista machine, and my XP Pro machine.

The vista can find, view, and make changes to the folders and drives i have
shared on the XP Pro machine.

The XP Pro machine can see the computer on the network, but cant access. I
always get the "acess is denied" error.

I have set all the file sharing settings to on, and the password settings to
on. I have done everything that the other threads have said to do. I have set
the permissions to on and allow for all, and yet, i still get the access
denied. I have even tried re-naming the network, and re-running the
networking wizard on the XP Pro machine... STILL i get the acess denied
error....

Why is it the same problem with every version of windows that comes out...
that one can do what you want it to do, but the other just cant...

any ideas... anyone? I really need this to work.

Same problems here - unable to share folders (even after trying to share the
root drive on the Vista machine - HA!), can't access xp pro printer from
Vista laptop. Wireless network keeps trying to have each machine perform as
gateway (never had a gateway computer with my wireless home network and was
confounded when "internet gateway" connection showed up in network properties
on all three of my computers). None of the machines will hold the workgroup
name now - it is like Vista is reaching out to all the other computers on the
network and messing up the settings. Nothing I do as administrator stays the
way I set it - and while I realize that this is a "safety feature" it is
annoying. I have a trusted program I want to run, and when I set it to run
in msconfig, Vista tells me I can't, and keeps shutting it down. The
information provided doesn't tell you what the problem is, or even how to fix
it (has anyone tried to get their startup programs to run using Defender???
I finally disabled it and still have patchy results). What really bothers me
are the network settings, though, and how they seem to be magically changing
on their own. I am ready to just go back to XP and forget about Vista, no
matter how good it would be if it actually did what was promised. I expect a
bumpy ride with a beta, but this operating system seems to have a mind of its
own. It is too complicated for those without real computing experience, but
doesn't give those of us with a great deal of experience any real latitude to
configure our systems. Sorry for rambling, but I've been saving up for two
weeks (after losing my investment in the Office beta, as well - should've
made a backup disk!)
--
PK


"Emerson" wrote:

> So is it me, or do you have to be a computer programmer, and someone with 20
> years of networking experiance, just to create a simple home network with
> windows?
>
> I have my Vista machine, and my XP Pro machine.
>
> The vista can find, view, and make changes to the folders and drives i have
> shared on the XP Pro machine.
>
> The XP Pro machine can see the computer on the network, but cant access. I
> always get the "acess is denied" error.
>
> I have set all the file sharing settings to on, and the password settings to
> on. I have done everything that the other threads have said to do. I have set
> the permissions to on and allow for all, and yet, i still get the access
> denied. I have even tried re-naming the network, and re-running the
> networking wizard on the XP Pro machine... STILL i get the acess denied
> error....
>
> Why is it the same problem with every version of windows that comes out...
> that one can do what you want it to do, but the other just cant...
>
> any ideas... anyone? I really need this to work.