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Days of frustration fixed thanks to you.
"hydro1956" wrote:
> Having sharing allowed and all the other required share/network settings
> correct in Vista and XP machines I could not access Vista shared
> foldews/printers from XP machines, however vice-versa I could. Now, after
> three days I found the solution:
>
> My Visata machine came with McAfee antivirus preloaded. Both the Windows and
> McAfee firewalls were on. As soon as I disabled the McAfee firewall the
> network sharing worked as intended!
>
> Doing a little follow-up research, I then turned off Windows firewall and
> re-enabled the McAfee firewall, as well as changed the security level setting
> in McAfee. At this point I was back to the "no-access" problem so I disabled
> McAfee firewall and re-enabled Windows firewall. The network worked like a
> carm once again. Now I assume there is an exception check box like "Allow
> network folder/pinter sharing" in McAfee's firewall like there is in windows
> firewall if you are wanting to use McAfee's firewall instead. Also, this may
> be the same issue if you have some other another firewall enabled.
>
>
>
> "Frank Henkel" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm running a desktop with XP home wired to a Linksys WRT54G wireless/4port
> > router. I also have another desktop with XP Home (wired) hooked to the same
> > router, and they're in a windows workgroup called "Mshome" (creatively
> > enough!). I can share files just fine between the two.
> >
> > I'm also now running a notebook with Vista Home Premium via wireless (same
> > router).
> >
> > I can't for the life of me figure out how to file share between the the
> > notebook and either desktop. . In my Network and Sharing Center, Network
> > discovery, File sharing, Public Folder sharing, printer sharing, and media
> > sharing are all on. Password protected sharing is off.
> >
> > Problem is that I can't see any of the other machines (XP) on the network.
> > From the XP machines, I can't see the vista notebook. I've tried restarting,
> > refreshing, and all sorts of stuff, but no dice.
> >
> > Can anyone possibly help me? Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Frank
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