So, we got a new Laptop, with Vista Home Premium as the OS.

First mistake

It connects to the internet just fine, but won't see either of the computers on the LAN (both desktops are running XP).

Neither of us have any experience with Vista at all. Is there some ninja trick to make this all work for us?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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So now your computer geek girlfriend is also seeking help from t3h cor ?

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Originally posted by Omega_M So now your computer geek girlfriend is also seeking help from t3h cor ?

As I said, neither of us have any experience with Vista.

So yes! COR, please help!

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2 options:

1. change all your computers to mac.
2. downgrade ur laptop to windows xp
3. GOOGLE

This was a bitch to figure out for me too.

You have to make sure the vista machine has the same workgroup name as the xp machines. On the vista machine, hit start, right-click computer, properties. Where it lists your computer info, it will show the workgroup, in that section there is a link to change it. From there you can change it to the same workgroup as your XP machines.

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Originally posted by Zeiter 2 options: 1. change all your computers to mac. 2. downgrade ur laptop to windows xp 3. GOOGLE

1. No.

2. Is that really considered a downgrade?

3. Been hammering Google for half the day, and still are. No harm in posting a thread though - There are some very bright tech folks on here, and you never know when somebody might have the answer(s), right?

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1. Make sure they're all set to the same workgroup first.
2. Make sure it/others don't have firewalls that are blocking the computer browser service.

If you ping from one to the other, that should let you know if it is a firewall problem or not. If at some point you can see the other computers, but can't access them, the easiest way is to just set it up so that all computers have the same accounts/passwords.

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

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Originally posted by SLR722 This was a bitch to figure out for me too. You have to make sure the vista machine has the same workgroup name as the xp machines. On the vista machine, hit start, right-click computer, properties. Where it lists your computer info, it will show the workgroup, in that section there is a link to change it. From there you can change it to the same workgroup as your XP machines.

Yeah, we tried that

We have:

- Changed the workgroup to be the same as the XP computers
- Installed the LLTD protocol on the Vista comp.
- Enabled net bios over TCP/IP
- Upgraded to TCP/IP version 6
- Many re-boots
- disabled LAN firewalls

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i have vista and it is still a mystery to me.. i guess it just takes time to get used to it.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

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Originally posted by echosystm 1. Make sure they're all set to the same workgroup first. 2. Make sure it/others don't have firewalls that are blocking the computer browser service. If you ping from one to the other, that should let you know if it is a firewall problem or not. If at some point you can see the other computers, but can't access them, the easiest way is to just set it up so that all computers have the same accounts/passwords.

Can't even see them, and the XP computers can't see the laptop either.

Ping timed out.

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explain how they are all connected. are they all going into a single switch? wireless??

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I've never had a problem with FLs tech support till this day. (I've actually never used it till this day)

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Originally posted by floyd741 i think echosystm is a pretty cool guy. eh pwns robby rox and doesn't afraid of anything.

Echosystem - We fucked around with the firewall some more. It's working!

Actually, it was the stupid fucking Norton software that the computer place installed.

Edit: Lol, I love your avatar

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