Hi,

I'm having trouble with printer and file sharing networking. I'm using Vista on my notebook, and XP on my PC. I can share the internet connection no problems, however, file and printer sharing I'm having difficulties with. When I try and access the other system it says I dont have access, I've changed the security settings around and have had no luck. Any hints?

Re: Networking Vista and XP

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx

Have you set them both to be in the same workgroup? The default is different for XP and Vista.

Have you using a login and password on both that is defined and matching on the other?

Re: Networking Vista and XP

I've adjusted the work groups to be the same. The login and password is something I haven't done, I don't have a login screen when i start up XP, however I do when I start Vista. Should I create a user for XP as well?

Re: Networking Vista and XP

I was having similar problems and then I found this page, it may help you out. http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/guides-how-tos/1008-how-share-root-drive-under-vista.html

Cheers