After more effort than it is worth I finally got Vista to recognize the XP
computers on my home network.
I just tried to add a new wireless XP notebook: they do not see each other
but they see the other, all XP, computers on the network.

I purchased a laptop with Vista Home OS. I  successfully created a network
with the laptop and a Dell Dimension 8100 with a XP OS. I have a DSL modem
and a Linksys wireless router as part of the network. I have not been
successfull in sharing a HP PSC 2170 that is connected to ...

I just bought a new computer that is running on Vista. I was able to network
to my old computer (OS--XP) when I first set up the network. I was able to
transfer the majority of my files. When I tried to access the network again
the next day to finish the file transfer but now I ...

have been unable to access my Router set up remotely since using a laptop
running Vista Home Premium and IE 7. Linsys support says it is a IE 7 issue.
Did not have a problem with remote access runnign IE 6 on a XP Pro machine.
Any suggestions?

I have vista home premium media center edition. When I got it, it worked, but
recently I cannot do some internet functions. It does some things like the
windows update--seems to be things that have hard-coded addresses. But I
cannot browse any internet sites. I also cannot access ...

I have a batch file I use habitually in both Vista and XP (dual-boot
recent Core-Duo machine) to mount ten network drives (VPN
connection).  All ten mappings work fine in XP.  In Vista, however,
two of the mappings always draw a "network path was not found" error.

Hi i have a windows xp pc witch i connected to my router then router to my
cable modem on my vista laptop it says local only is there away i can fix
this ?
thanks

I have Vista basic SP1 v.668 which mount on a laptop XP SP3 v.3264 two drive.
The user name for the mount is the same user name I login to vista but with
different password.
After the XP returns from standby  and I try the same Word 2007 file in the

I have Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit edition, and when I statup my
computer, some application (like Gmail Notifier, Messenger Live and my
network drive) try to connect BEFORE the wireless connexion is made.
How can I startup faster my wifi connexion?

    Ever since getting my Windows Vista Home Premium notebook in June, I have
always had this problem:
In the Network window, I can see both my Notebook and my home PC which runs
Windows XP Home. When I double-click on the XP Computer, after attempting to

The firewall is offline but i still get error 800 when i try to use my
VPN connction. My friend use the same settings with Vistawithout any
problems.
Any ideas?

I was on my computer yesterday evening. Running a game, when finishing up
some remote desktop work. The system locked up and stopped responding. I shut
the tower off, then brought it back up. The Vista system now reports that it
has local network access only. Currently one error ...

Is it possible to have a laptop with vista, that is connected by ethernet to
an adsl modem, to the internet....share the internet connection with another
laptop running on XP, via wireless, both laptops have Broadcom 802.11b/g
WLAN.

Hello I have a problem. I have a new laptop with windows vista and my desktop
has XP on my desktop is a printer installed and with my old laptop i could
print with that printer. Now I'm trying to get this to work with my new
laptop but it doesn't work. On the desktop I have ...

I have  a problem with my new vista home premium laptop.  The internet
worked for 2 days when I first bought the thing (5 days ago or so), but
for the past two days, no dice.  
I have a netgear wireless router.  My work laptop (xp) is on the same