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I know there are a lot of smart vista users here so I thought I would ask.
How the heck do I access folders from my XP pro computers with my vista computer.
I've installed the LLTD protocol on my xp machines and I can see the other computers from the vista network "full map", but I can't seem to access them. I have 3 other computers (all XP) that have been happily networked for a while, this is my first vista cpu (basic).
My vista computer is connected via wireless to a linksys wrt54g router.
Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
You can use the "Map Network Drive" feature on your Vista computer to connect to your XP computer. You enter "\\yourXPComputerIPaddress\C$" to connect to the C: drive on your XP computer. It will show up as a network drive, you can then drag & drop files back and forth.
Lex - scrap all that and get some Macs - the world of UNIX is a wonderful thing... in the finder's "go" menu, you hit "connect to server" and all other CPUs and servers on the network show up - click on one of them, enter the passwords, if so protected, and you're in and it's mounted on your desktop... no codes to enter... the next time, its in the "last servers" menu...
I know beez, I hear ya. I use Linux and networking is not a problem in there either. This is for my wife's office and she has software that requires windows, unfortunately. Have you seen the Mac commercial that makes fun of vista (cancel or allow)?
Midnightblue2007CS, what about for sharing printers? I read what you are suggesting in some vista community pages. I'll have to give it a try when I get to my wife's office later today. It's the oddest thing, I see all 5 computers from vista, but no access (not even an option to access them).
If you can see them but cannot access their drives it means that Vista does not recognize their shares which could either be a credentials problem, or you need to apply a hotfix for Vista that allows it to correctly connect to XP shares (KB article on it, affects certain types of machines).
BTW, my Vista machine connects to my wife's XP machine, my son's Vista machine, the Xbox 360 downstairs, our Kodak Wireless picture frame, my BlackJack mobile device, and a couple of other mobile devices all without issue. You can't do that with a Mac or Linux.
When you map the network drive to your XP computer make sure to use the username/pwd you setup on that XP computer in order to gain access to it.
I wonder if this is the issue you have with saying seeing the servers but have no access. Make sure when you connect to the XP server you provide the username/pwd setup on the XP server.
About sharing printer: Your printer on the network has its own ip address. You can add this printer on the server(s) using the printer IP address to access it.
BTW, my Vista machine connects to my wife's XP machine, my son's Vista machine, the Xbox 360 downstairs, our Kodak Wireless picture frame, my BlackJack mobile device, and a couple of other mobile devices all without issue. You can't do that with a Mac or Linux.
blah, blah, blah... if it has an IP address on the network, a mac will connect to it, in my experience...
brad
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I know beez, I hear ya. I use Linux and networking is not a problem in there either. This is for my wife's office and she has software that requires windows, unfortunately. Have you seen the Mac commercial that makes fun of vista (cancel or allow)?
Yes, I've seen that commercial - very funny. I recently helped a friend load bootcamp onto her Intel Core Duo 2 macBook (not pro) and then loaded Vista on it... it runs Vista faster and more reliably than on her regular Windows machine...
brad
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If you can see them but cannot access their drives it means that Vista does not recognize their shares which could either be a credentials problem, or you need to apply a hotfix for Vista that allows it to correctly connect to XP shares (KB article on it, affects certain types of machines).
BTW, my Vista machine connects to my wife's XP machine, my son's Vista machine, the Xbox 360 downstairs, our Kodak Wireless picture frame, my BlackJack mobile device, and a couple of other mobile devices all without issue. You can't do that with a Mac or Linux.
Hey, I'm with beez. If there is an IP address, it will connect.
I tried searching the KB but no luck. You wouldn't happen to have a KB number or link to the article by any chance?
blah, blah, blah... if it has an IP address on the network, a mac will connect to it, in my experience...
+1
My wife recently got a macbook pro and it just "works". I never thought I would see the day I bought a mac but it works, and now we got three comps hooked up via the airport extreme with multiple shared drives and printer
blah, blah, blah... if it has an IP address on the network, a mac will connect to it, in my experience...
brad
I guess that depends on how you define "connect" to something. I usually have to be able to "do" something for me to consider something to be "connected". Just because something has an IP address doesn't mean a Mac can either connect to it, or do anything with it if able to connect.
Now about that KB article - No I am on the road and don't have access to that at the moment, sorry.
You do get 90 days free support with Vista, call em up that is what they are there for...
BTW my old roommates Amiga in college ran the Apple IIe OS faster than the Apple IIe, but I'm not sure that really means anything either...
