I had a simular problem, and no matter what i did the other computers could not be seen. In the end I re-named my network, following all the rebooting on all my PCs, and it worked!

I have a 3 year old, cheap, no-name desktop (Cisnet) that runs on XP and am using a Linksys wireless router to connect with my brand new, expensive,  Dell laptop that is using Vista Home Premium.  The no-name desktop runs a gazillion times faster than the Dell laptop.  What gives?  I am SO frustrated!  Any help you ...

Hi All, I have a wireless connection to my XBOX 360 mainly used for music and viewing photo's.  I have found that when I do my regular Tune-up (with Winows Live Care) that my Xbox does not recognise my later updated photos or music.  The only way I can have XBOX recognise the new files is to disconnect the Xbox from the PC and reconnect ...

Sorry, I don't understand the ''flashdrive'' method of network setup either - do you mean you have collected the settings on one pc and are trying to transfer them over to the other one? I have always run the network wizard independently at each computer, to be sure that individual elements are taken care of. First area to look at is the ...

Hello SportiveUK, The default workgroup name for Vista is WORKGROUP, the default for XP home is MSHOME.   Am I right to assume you have XP Pro, and you changed the workgroup name to MyNetwork, but left the Vista workgroup name as Workgroup?  I would see what happens when you change the Vista workgroup name to MyNetwork.  Looks ...

Hmm... In theory if you connect a printer directly to the router like that it will be assigned its own IP on the network, I'm not sure if there would have to be some sort of IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) layer used here to facilitate sharing between computers with different Operating Systems.  The fact that there is no ethernet outlet on ...

Hello to All, I have Vista and XP systems connected to a netgear router.  I use the Public folder in Vista to share files.  On the XP system I have run the LLTD Responder.  The XP system found the shared folder and in general sees most of the files.  However, every now and then from Vista I put a file in Public but the XP ...

Can anyone help please. I have a new PC with Windows Vista Home Premium pre-installed. I am connented to the internet through a BT Broadband home hub, with an ethernet connection to my PC. I find that occasionally and randomly, the internet connection is lost when I return the computer from its sleep mode. The only way of getting the ...

Is it supposed to work like that?? I've got a mini print server attached by ethernet cable to the router, with the printer attached to that by the USB one. It looks like this , though it is actually by Sweex (cheapo - works fine)   edit - on revisiting my link, realised its the parallel version. Here is the Netgear USB version (still ...

I am having the same problem. I can not connect to my family's network with Vista. I had no problems doing this with XP. Please somebody help us.