Run xp and vista together

But i cannot see my desktop computer on my laptop nor can I see my laptop on my desktop in the network tab and I can not share files between these two computers But I can share files from another XP that I have in my house. So i know it isn't a Network problem.

Is it just some problem that Windows Vista has? I know Vista has a lot of those Share Flag. All Answers. Collapse -. The operating system licenses that are granted under the upgrade license programs are upgrade licenses only. Full operating system licenses are not available under these programs. Therefore, each computer on which you run the Windows Vista Business Upgrade or Windows XP Professional upgrade must be licensed to run one of the qualifying operating systems that are identified in this article.

If you want to acquire either the Windows XP Professional license or the Windows Vista Business upgrade license by using the Select License program or the Open License program, you must have a licensed, qualifying version of Windows installed.

For the base operating system to qualify for the volume licensing upgrade, you must meet the following conditions:. The qualifying version of Windows must be installed on the computer to which you will assign the volume licensing upgrade license. You must remove the qualifying version of Windows in order to deploy the volume licensing upgrade license.

The following table lists the qualifying operating systems. If you want to run more than one licensed version of Windows at the same time, you have the following options:. Purchase full Windows Vista licenses separately. I can get to the login screen on the Vista machine, type in a known good username and password, and I get the "Login unsuccessful" error. Other computers running XP have no trouble logging in to the old W2K server.

I have been told that Vista simply cannot log in to a W2K server by design. Is that true? Even when XP machines have no problem loging into an old W2K Server, Vista machines always reports "Login unsuccessful", even with known good usernames and passwords.

Oddly, Vista will login to Linux servers and even Windows workstations. Stuck, Look at the authentication level issue , but look at it with the Vista computer being a client accessing resources not as a server providng and protecting shared resources. Computers running Vista are perfectly capable of logging in to Windows Server , , or I have got a networking issue I can open shared drives of the xp computer in my vista laptop Saurabh, This is a question that neeeds to be explored in a forum conversation, in detail.

It's reasonably moderated, so not a lot of spamming and trolling, and reasonably kept on topic and clean discussions. Alternately, try my forum Nitecruzr Dot Net - Networking. Your post says "If you're adding a computer running Windows Vista to your network, you have to set it up as a server, so you can access it from your other computers. Is that what you meant to imply?

I don't want my Vista computer to be a server, I just want to be able to use it to access other PCs in my workgroup. Hello, First of all, excellent blog. The two computers can ping each other perfectly, share files and view each other on the network map. However when I try and create a LAN game on either computer - the other cannot see it and vice versa. I've even tried this with firewalls off to no avail. Any suggestions? My router is a Thomson Speedtouch v7 and both computers can access the internet and each other perfectly.

NC, What "viewer" do you use to "see" one computer from the other? Is it a function within "Age of Empires"? The first will be a proprietary function within "Age Of Empires". The second will involve the Windows Networking "NT Browser", which is one of the objects of much mystery, which I describe elsewhere within this blog.

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Subscribe to: Post Comments Atom. Search Me Custom. Follow Me. No one has mentioned to check the firewall ports yet. If you have any firewall products installed, including Windows Firewall, make sure that the File and Printer Sharing ports are open. A lot of times, a firewall such as Norton or McAfee are the culprits when it comes to file and print sharing not working because, by default, these firewalls will generally block the necessary ports required for file sharing if they are installed before file sharing is enabled in the Windows environment.

How do I check the firewall ports in Windows Firewall? I'm having problems, too. New Vista Home Premium computer. Just now downloading MS updates. PBNinja said:. Click to expand Similar threads S. Sebastian42 Sep 20, Networking. Replies 0 Views Sep 20, Sebastian Sharing files from an external hard drive to multiple computers. JoeVM Jul 25, Networking.