Setting lan windows vista

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Setup shared folders and printers. If you enabled PPS, you should setup access for individual users. Since Vista security is "deny by default permit by demand ", "Everyone" doesn't automatically have access to newly created shares. Check the Security tab, for each share created, if you disable PPS.

If you Enable PPS, you can use either the Guest account, or a non-Guest account of your choice, but the chosen account has to be activated for network use. By default, Guest is disabled. If your server provides network access through the Guest account, be aware of its limitations.

Whether you use Guest, or a non-Guest account for access, the account used has to be added, explicitly, under Security, and under Sharing. For a server connected behind a NAT router, select This computer connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a residential gateway. You'll have the same challenges with Windows Networking.

Make sure that NetBT is Enabled consistently. Make sure that all personal firewalls are properly setup. Make sure that name resolution is consistently setup. Remember to always check for well known error messages , when diagnosing problems. Note the limitations of Guest authentication carefully, some limitations aren't as obvious as they should be. Whether you use the Guest account, or a non-Guest account, for authentication, make sure that the account used is properly prepared for network access.

There are also 5 well known editions of Windows Vista , plus several obscure ones which we probably won't encounter.

The different editions of Windows Vista are completely different from Windows XP, in feature set differentation. Many NAS devices, with unknown authentication abilities, will be a similar challenge. Some NAS devices will also try to act as a master browser on your network, and will cause master browser conflicts, and unreliable displays in Network aka My Network Places.

Get file sharing working, first, then concentrate on getting working printer drivers that support Windows Vista. And drivers for the client will probably differ from drivers for the server.

If you're having problems with printing from a computer running Vista, and the printer is shared by another computer, read Network Printing From A Windows Vista Computer. And a recent change September in Internet Explorer appears to affect Windows Networking access between computers. Share This Post! You've got a lot of good information here, but some of it appears to be wrong. Specifically, your blog states that "Network Neighborhood" should show the XP machine, but Vista does not even have "Network Neighborhood".

It would be great if you could revise this blog with new lessons learned from the debacle known as Vista. Thanks for the prod, Glenn. So now, it's called "Network view", or just "Network", when it's named at all.

Hi, I found the info in this entry very helpful and I just solved my home network name resolution problem I have a laptop running Windows XP with nodetype set to "peer-to-peer" Thank you very much! I was not aware of all these issues as it concerned Vista integrating with XP. I am happy I came upon your article as it has helped me tremendously to iron out some of the issues I am facing.

Keep up the good work and I am looking forward to more of your articles. Hello, I have found very useful information in this post, however I have a bit different problem. I have connected my Vista laptop and Desktop running XP with a crosscable. The result Vista Network map created normal network map with both computers, but they don't see each other on My network Places.

Any ideas? Xenobius, What you're describing is called a browsing problem, and the immediate cause is generally a master browser conflict. The base cause of a master browser conflict is usually something like a NetBT setting or a personal firewall problem.

I'd start by checking Windows Firewall. Or do you, maybe, have OneCare? That's another known problem. Hello again, I've made some progress since my last post, however, the problem is not completely solved yet.

When I open "view workgroup computers" I see the laptop, but when I try to open it I get the message "The network path was not found".

To play multiplayer via LAN, all you need is a game that supports Multiplayer. Proceed with Multiplayer mode, host a game and the other PC should join the game. Hey this method really worked and I played Counter strike on two PCs. Nice to hear. This should be an easy-to-setup and cost-effective method. You can also purchase a ethernet hub and following the same instructions, then you can have multiple computers connecting through a network and have a fun lane party :. I appreciate this very much, it really works with the way you broke the procedure down.

Thanks for the time.. We have 2 computers, a laptop with Windows 7 and a PC with windows xp. What can be wrong??