XP/Vista network?

[stewie69 (imported)]

Anybody know if it's possible (or wise) to network a Vista PC with an XP unit? I'm having the crazy notion of getting a new Vista PC and linking it to my current XP machine. Can it (or more importantly, should it) be done without too much grief, if at all?

[Paolo]

My neighbor has had no luck with it.

Sometimes the XP machines show up on the Vista ones and vice versa, sometimes they don't. One minute they're there, then they're gone.

[stewie69 (imported)]

Can't say I'm very surprised. Thanks for the advice. Anybody had any better luck?

[CollegeGuy2006 (imported)]

Stewie,

It depends on what you are tring to do the the PCs. If you just want to file share, you can shared one and access it using a command prompt command. If you have a computer names Bob and wanted to connect to it from another computer with out goign through all of the windows sharing BS you would need to pick a folder on Bob and turn on filesharing for it, and allows other to write to it. Then make sure Bob;s windows firewall or anth other fire wall is set to allow filesharing. On the computer you want to access Bob from go to start-> run, type cmd and press enter. At the command prompt type:

net use z: \\Bob\shared_folder

That will make the file fodler on Bob the z drive on the other computer. This shoudl work for Vista and XP.

[ActuallyIdo (imported)]

if you can't get Vista to recognize/find the XP machines, have a look at the MS Knowledge Base KB922120. There is a download that makes XP compatible with the Vista Network protocol for finding/connecting to other network computers.