xp -> vista networking problem

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xp -> vista networking problem

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Sorry if this post doesn't belong here.

I am trying to network 2 of our computers. One running vista home premium, the other running windowx xp home. At first, I could see the XP machine from the vista machine network place. Then I changed my computer name (and restarted), and now I can't see the XP machine.

What could be the problem? Network discovery is set to "On".
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different workgroup names perhaps. Are you able to ping your computers from each other?
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

windows is a biatch about this kind of thing - try typing

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\\COMPUTERNAME\
into the run box and see if that connects - you may find it will magically appear after a while.
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Post by Charles256 »

i remember reading in a networking book for windows it said if everything should be working ( i.e. your positive) keep rebooting until it does.
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Post by RobertGonzalez »

Try like kieran said. I did that once when networking an XP machine to a Win2K machine. Changed the name of the XP machine after connecting it to the network then had to connect to it a second time using the machine name.
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