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network 2000 - vista

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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ok so set up a really quick network, well i went on my desktop and shared the files (this is vista)

go to go to it on lappy on 2000, sometimes, it works, alot of the time the network crashes (its the computers near me bit) help?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ohh errm, make sure they are on the same domain. Vista puts the default as workgroup whearas xp is MSHOME i think. Just make sure , to check its..

    Start > Netowork > Network and sharing center > Dropdown network discovery > and it says Workgroup : MSHOME

    Try messing with that
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    thanks, when i have more time i'll try and mess around with it, its hard atm as the laptop cannot use battary, only ac power.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yeah sucks when that happens to laptops. They can be repaired but its a bit risky and u need to solder stuff, new laptop batteries cost a bomb
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i just bought it, refurbished, the batt cap is ment to be 38-40mh, it was holding 1.8 at 100%, sent the batt back
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Ahhh! I've always had problems with vista and XP they never seamed to like each other...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Although this may be annoying, mine just worked. No domains, nothing.

    Just get your vista pc name, set up sharing, turn off password protected sharing, go to the other pc, create shortcut to //pc-name - voila, network folder on your desktop.

    No crashing here, well my brothers PC is slow and takes an age :p but I just sit playing battlefield 2 whilst he rips gigs off me hard drive lol
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    shyboy, sometimes it will just work, especially if both systems are xp and such. The problem is vista tends to use a different default domain if im right which tends to cause slowness and a pc on 2000 may not like it
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    My PC is Vista and my brothers is XP :) all domains standard as far as I know.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Must just be me then!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Matteh wrote: »
    Must just be me then!

    Likewise none of my XP computers show up and Vista does not show up in the XP My network places either
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    You KNOW this is a bad idea :p

    I couldn't get 98 and XP to work, but I am guessing Vista should with 2k.

    Essentially, make sure they are on the same domain, run network wizard, and always, always, check you have not assigned the PC a set IP address.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Teh_Gerbil wrote: »
    always, check you have not assigned the PC a set IP address.

    What's wrong with giving a computer a manual IP?
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    CoolMe wrote: »
    What's wrong with giving a computer a manual IP?

    Because if the other computer is on auto IP, it will spaz. At least, it did for us.
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