Get File and Printer Sharing to work
Can't get your Vista home network humming along?This list of articles provides the information you need.
File and Printer Sharing:
File and Printer Sharing in Windows Vistahttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx
Note: Password Protected Sharing can be OFF if "Guest" account is enabled on all machines.
You cannot access shared files and folders or browse computers in the workgroup with Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/318030
How To Share Files and Folders Over a Network (Domain) in Windows 2000http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301198
Connectivity:
Network connectivity may fail when you try to use Windows Vista behind a firewall devicehttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/934430
Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XPhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
How to enable NTLM 2 authenticationhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/239869
Error message when you try to access a Windows XP-based network computer: "You might not have permission to use this network resource"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913628
Firewall:
Note: there is no need to turn off the Windows Firewall if the File/Printer Sharing exceptions are enabled. There is no need to turn off IPv6 either.
How the Windows Firewall exception settings in the Group Policy administrative template work together with the Windows Firewall Control Panel program in Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/942965
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - Diagnostics and Troubleshootinghttp://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/9428d113-ade8-4dbe-ac05-6ef10a6dd7a51033.mspx?mfr=true
Client, service, and program incompatibilities that may occur when you modify security settings and user rights assignmentshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/823659
Reliability:
An update is available that improves the compatibility, reliability, and stability of Windows Vistahttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/941649
Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 and known issueshttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/891861
January 25th, 2008 4:18am