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I've always considered myself as smart with computers. I've built many, I keep the network at my job up and running, host my own website, but this I cannot figure out.

I have two desktop PC's running Vista Home Premium. One is on a wireless card, one is wired. I cannot get them to connect. They both see each other in the network map, but when I try and connect it says there is an error and to contact the network admin.

I've tried changing the firewalls, turning them off, changed the domain names. I even went as far as a trial of network magic which came up and told me there was an error connecting... Magic my butt.

I now have the wireless PC connected via a cable, and still no dice.

What am I missing? The can see each other, but WILL NOT connect.
 


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are you trying to share files between them or what?

are they both running vista?

i had some issues getting two vista laptops to connect over our network, but got it working eventually. of course i'm not at home to figure out what i did then
 
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ryan said:
are you trying to share files between them or what?

are they both running vista?

i had some issues getting two vista laptops to connect over our network, but got it working eventually. of course i'm not at home to figure out what i did then
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I am trying to share audio, photos, and most important, the printer!

They both run Vista Home Premium.

I just reinstalled Vista on the wife's PC. Mine's been running this same copy for about 6 months. I am to the point XP is looking good again.
 
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My best advice - Upgrade to Windows XP Pro ::icon_thumby:
 
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There is something else you have to do with Vista to get it to be network friendly. I still stick by Vista on everything. I never did bother to look up what it is you have to do in Vista to get it to connect to other computers on the network. Just do a Google search for it coz I cannot be bothered right now :p
 
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I don't think Vista Home you can network. I think it is like XP Home editions, you just can't do it unless you have Vista Business (Pro on XP)
 
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youtube videos worked for me.........i know enough to fill a beer bottle about computers lol.
 
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I got it.. It was so retarded on microsofts part I cannot even explain it on here in words. Lets just say, anyone who is a novice user will NEVER EVER figure it out.
 

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Now I'm curious...I've never so much as looked at Vista, but if you've got the fix it may come in handy some day...

???
 
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Apparently after SP1 installs Vista looks for a username/password to connect. I say apparently, because I had it networked before without this new crap I had to implement and it worked...

So in order for it to work I had to do the following.

On the Wife's computer I had to create a new user account with my computer's name and login password. On my computer I had to create a new user account with the wife's login name and password.

As soon as I did this, both computers could instantly see each other and connect without any lag. Is there a way around it? Maybe. I am tired of screwing with it, so that's how it's staying.
 

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Interesting...thanks!

Did you figure that out yourself or did you have to search for others with a similar problem? I usually do the latter and I'm always amazed at what I find...
 
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I thought about it myself, but I typed it into google and saw other people mentioning it before I tried it.

I just couldn't convince myself MS would be so stupid.
 

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mjonesjr said:
I don't think Vista Home you can network. I think it is like XP Home editions, you just can't do it unless you have Vista Business (Pro on XP)
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you can network with the home editions (both XP and Vista), you just can't connect to a domain.
 
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Jaymz9350 said:
you can network with the home editions (both XP and Vista), you just can't connect to a domain.
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That is what I was thinking of!:icon_twisted:
 
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I found the long version that I believe doesn't involve the username/password ordeal. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1165037

Maybe, maybe not, check it out if you want, I just skimmed it for now, will be giving it ago between my Vista box and my parents' XP box.
 
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