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Old 12 April 2007, 22:54   #1
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Can anyone help with a network problem?

I have just bought a new computer (thanks for the advice given on which one to buy on this forum). It runs on Vista. I have plugged it in to the network. It can "see" the other computers on the network but the other computers can see it. Any ideas on how I can make the old computers see the new one?

Also, when you are on the new one and click on an icon to look at an old one it asks for a password. Duh? The old ones don't need a password to look in them. Can I get rid of the password requirement?
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Old 14 April 2007, 13:49   #2
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Peter,

Don't know much about Vista, but it sounds like there's some sort of security block. It may be built in to Vista istelf, or it may be some software like McAfee.

Either way, you need to let the machine know to allow access from other computers on the same network.

For the password requirement, what happens if you just press return?

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Old 16 April 2007, 12:41   #3
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Mike.

It just put up a bubble from entry box. A polite way of saying "Put the password in here you dope"

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I have the same sort of problem with an Xp machine.

Although I have not found the answer yet one thing you coud try first is to ping it from another PC.

You will need the IP address of the vista machine (open a dos window and type ipconfig) the on another machine open a dos window and type ping 10.0.0.2 (or whatever the address is) and it will tel you if it can contact an get a response from th vista pc.
Or you could search for computers from explorer and put the ipaddress in the search box and try to connect that way

If not then I would of thought that some firewall is causing the problem.

If you can then connect I hope somebody else has the answer

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Old 20 April 2007, 21:11   #5
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Not tried it myself. I haven't migrated to Vista yet but the link below might help.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/win...ista+Computers
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