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vista home networking...howeedowit?

Post by bigfoot_hunter » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:18 pm

My roomie just got a new computer with vista. All the rest of the house uses XP. Is there any special way to make it network w/XP? Tried to follow all the instructions on the wizards as if it were XP, and it won't work. Maybe its just not compatible?
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Post by MrBlah » Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:17 am

it sure as hell is compatible. Is it wired or wireless?
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Post by jim beam » Sat Jun 21, 2008 1:27 pm

Yea cause when I got my computer last summer I networked in with my familys computers that are not vistas. Just dont ask me how
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Re: vista home networking...howeedowit?

Post by Clay Pigeon » Sun Jun 22, 2008 12:28 am

If it is wired you plug the ethernet into its connector and go.

If it is wireless I have no clue. Sorry.
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Re: vista home networking...howeedowit?

Post by bigfoot_hunter » Mon Aug 18, 2008 6:25 pm

OK back to this annoying thread. My other roomie just got a new computer with vista and they are now networking without any configuring. I'm still on XP and now no one is showing up on my network places. I did the create new connection wizard and restarted computer but still shows nothing. By the way it is not wireless.

Any one have a clue?
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Post by regis » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:41 am

Make sure they're all on the same workgroup or domain...
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Re: vista home networking...howeedowit?

Post by Archon » Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:01 pm

[quote="bigfoot_hunter";p="114459"]I'm still on XP and now no one is showing up on my network places.[/quote]

file sharing is disabled by default in vista for security reasons. they wont show up on the network until they enable file and printer sharing.
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