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MS HOME via Vista

Trotter · 2009-10-13 20:28:31

Hi all, In work (a small school) we have 7 or 8 XP machines on a basic network. One of the machines is an old PC that we use as a server (shared folder for files we all use) using the MS HOME network. Up until now, we've had no problems at all. We have 3 new(ish) vista machines and I cannot get them to see the other PCs…

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13-10-2009 9:28pm

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Trotter

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Hi all,

In work (a small school) we have 7 or 8 XP machines on a basic network. One of the machines is an old PC that we use as a server (shared folder for files we all use) using the MS HOME network. Up until now, we've had no problems at all.

We have 3 new(ish) vista machines and I cannot get them to see the other PCs that are running XP so that I can get the Vista machines to have access to that spare XP PC acting as the server.

How do I go about it? Is it something to do with the sharing settings in Vista?

Thanks!

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#2 13-10-2009 10:29pm
Some_Person

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Make sure you set the Vista computers to be in the MSHOME workgroup.

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#3 13-10-2009 10:49pm
Trotter

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Some_Person wrote: »

Make sure you set the Vista computers to be in the MSHOME workgroup.

Cheers, How do I go about that?

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#4 13-10-2009 11:02pm
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http://www.home-network-help.com/setting-computer-name.html

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