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  1. June 25th, 2007, 09:17 PM #1
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    networking Vista with XP

    Hello everyone,
    long time no post for me. Anyway I have a question about networking my Lap top Vista premium with my desktop XP sp2. My desktop was built by me. It is an older computer with a 2.57 pent. 4 pros. one 160 gig hard drive and about 750 in memory and is hard wired into a wirerless router.
    My Lap top is about 6 month old it has Vista prem. dual core pross. I think it is about a 1.6 pross. It has 1024 meg of memory and a 60 gig hard drive. It is wiresessly contected to the router. They both are on the internet at the same time so I know it is seeing and using the router. Anyway just wondering if anyone knew if there was someplace to go to have a step by step teaching on getting them to talk to each other?
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  2. June 26th, 2007, 08:34 AM #2
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    Look in Vista's HELP section for info...
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  3. June 27th, 2007, 06:06 PM #3
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    If you haven't already, I suggest review the steps in this TechNet Article and see if this helps you. Let us know how it goes, and report back if you need more help.

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
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  4. July 4th, 2007, 03:33 AM #4
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    In xp go to "my network places", ignore the network browser, hit F3 and search for the other computer name. In Vista, essentialy the same procedure but a bit more complicated.


    (Warning - VISTA will cook a notebook...)
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  6. July 4th, 2007, 08:20 AM #5
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    Please explain "(Warning - VISTA will cook a notebook...)"
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  7. July 4th, 2007, 09:28 AM #6
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    I have a similar setup and I purchased a software named Network Magic and it is working great.
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  8. July 4th, 2007, 09:34 AM #7
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    Hello again.
    Thanks for that infomation about that soft wear, I will look it up. But my question is your statment about "(Warning - VISTA will cook a notebook...)" I was wondering why you say that?
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  9. July 4th, 2007, 09:47 AM #8
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    I did not say that. I don't know why it would.
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  11. July 4th, 2007, 10:12 AM #9
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    Actually far from cooking a notebook, Vista has better power management and should help it run cooler.

    You may find these articles helpful:

    Windows Vista Networking

    Windows Vista Network and Sharing Centre

    Introducing Vista's Network Centre
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  12. July 4th, 2007, 10:26 AM #10
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    Thanks for that info, Still wondering why he said that? Maybe he will answer.
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