I have set up a wireless home network on which I would like to share a
printer attached to my desktop on which Vista Home Premium is installed. My
remote computer uses the Windows XP operating system. I have set up the
network and enabled file and printer sharing on the desktop ...

Ok I  have the words "local and internet" showing in here, I need to know how
to change from that to showing "local only" and back again. What steps are
there to do this?

I have several vpn connections configured.  Various routers and connecting to
2k and 2k3 servers.  I can connect to all since upgrade to Vista except two
that have Cisco Pix 501's.  Error 732.  Unable to to agree on ppp control
protocol.

Is it just me or does Windows make it extremely hard to network 2 computers?
I just got a new PC (Vista) and I want the Vista to see my old PC (XP). Both
Vista nd XP connect to the internet through an SMC Barricade Wireless Router.
I have an ethernet cable from the Vista and XP ...

Hi all,
I have just got Vista Premium and am running XP Pro.  I installed the lltd
on XP and for some reason I still cant see either machine when they are
shared out.  I have other XP machines and can see the XP machines from my XP

I have just purchases a Vista Business laptop and can connect to the internet
just fine wirelessly.  I can't see my wired XP or 2000 Pro machines or
printers from the Vista machine.  They all have complete share access.  I
have read these threads and everything seems to match the ...

I am trying to connect my Vista machine to an XP machine using a cross-over
cable.  I have given the Vista machine an IP of 192.168.0.1 and the XP
machine 192.168.0.6, both under 255.255.255.0.  I disabled firewalls on both
machines and ensured no other firewalls were installed.  ...

I have 3 PC's on the Network:
2-XP Home
1-Vista H,Pre
Both of the Xp machines can see eachother and modify files/folders. The

when work, I need three or four computer access each other(i.e. shared file),
one is vista os, one is xp, and the other two is w2k3. Most of time, vista
can't connect with others, but on accasion it can connect with others. It
looks like it is dynamicaly wheather can connect with ...

Here is my scenario:
2 Vista Machines, both on different home networks.
Windows 2003 Server in office as VPN server
I can connect just fine from both machines to the VPN. Authentication goes

I'm currently running XP Pro.
I've moved the location of "My Documents" to its own partition for easier
backup etc. I have set this folder to keep private and I logon to XP with a
password.

Hi, I just go a laptop with Windows Vista and I'm trying to transfer files
from a Windows XP laptop using a IEEE1394 Fire wire connection, I have set
up a fire wire network using two XP computers in the past so I know that my
XP laptop is set up correct but I have NO IDEA what to ...

I am currently running XP on both my laptop and desktop. Both computers are
networked together via an N-Draft router. I purchased the option to upgrade
to Vista from Dell when I ordered my laptop.  Will this upgrade upset my
network if I am running XP on my desktop and Vista on ...

Home LAN file sharing with Vista is a lot more complicated than it needs to
be. I'm getting so annoyed that I think XP is a better product for home LAN
users.
New HP computer with Vista installed. All computers use the same workgroup.

 I am contemplating upgrading my Sony VGC-RA716G desktop with Windows
MCE2005 to Vista Home Premium Edition. I currently have a Linksys Wireless
Access Router Model BEFW11S4 ver 3 connected to it and a Toshiba laptop with
XP Home Edition and Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter ...