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Guest me@tarquin.demon.co.uk
Posted

I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

 

Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

 

Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

and laptop by wireless.

 

What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

 

Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

under Vista on the laptop.

 

Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

One of the problems is that for Vista to see XP is the XP

needs LLTD. There is a download for XP 32-bit, but I have

yet to find one for XP x64. Without the LLTD Vista will

never see the XP machine.

 

And, AFAIK, Vista will not allow you to see it until you set

up a login for you to use. With all the "security" updates,

I am currently forced to use a login for my XP machines, too.

 

 

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>

> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>

> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

> and laptop by wireless.

>

> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>

> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

> under Vista on the laptop.

>

> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>

Guest Tony Sperling
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Ahem. . .You aren't using your normal straight through cables from your

hub/switch, are you? If you are connecting two ethernet cards directly, you

will need a crossed cable.

 

Beyond this - if, I'm not mistaken, you should use unique 'computernames'

for each PC, but the same 'workgroupname'.

 

If you want to reconfigure everything from scratch you might consider

uninstalling the device in question and reboot and then reinstall. It

shouldn't be neccessary, but I find it to be reassuring whenever I want to

make sure that I am not forgetting any of the essential steps doing stuff I

don't do all of the time.

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

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> One of the problems is that for Vista to see XP is the XP needs LLTD.

> There is a download for XP 32-bit, but I have yet to find one for XP x64.

> Without the LLTD Vista will never see the XP machine.

>

> And, AFAIK, Vista will not allow you to see it until you set up a login

> for you to use. With all the "security" updates, I am currently forced to

> use a login for my XP machines, too.

>

>

> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>

>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>

>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>> and laptop by wireless.

>>

>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>

>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>

>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>>

Guest Charlie Russel - MVP
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

You're pretty much right, Bobby. Without a Domain to manage things, the new

networking in Vista makes it very difficult to "see" any downlevel clients.

There are workarounds - if you've shared a device or folder on the downlevel

machine (XP x64 in this case), you can explicitly connect to it by knowing

the share name and the machine name, assuming you have the windows firewall

configured to allow connections. So, for example, I can't browse and see my

XP x64 VM (hp350-xpx64-01) from my Vista 64 desktop. But I _can_ connect to

my Public folder on it, which is shared as "public" with full rights to all.

From a command window:

 

net use * \\hp350-xpx64-01\public

 

works just fine. If you've matched your user names and passwords on both

machines, you won't be prompted for credentials. BTW, if your DNS doesn't

resolve the machine name, you can still use explict IP addresses for

connections.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:%23LVUpX$8IHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> One of the problems is that for Vista to see XP is the XP needs LLTD.

> There is a download for XP 32-bit, but I have yet to find one for XP x64.

> Without the LLTD Vista will never see the XP machine.

>

> And, AFAIK, Vista will not allow you to see it until you set up a login

> for you to use. With all the "security" updates, I am currently forced to

> use a login for my XP machines, too.

>

>

> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>

>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>

>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>> and laptop by wireless.

>>

>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>

>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>

>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>>

Guest me@tarquin.demon.co.uk
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

 

Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

 

I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

basis.

 

At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

 

 

 

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>

>Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>

>Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>and laptop by wireless.

>

>What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>

>Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>under Vista on the laptop.

>

>Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

 

 

 

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>

> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>

> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

> basis.

>

> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>

>

>

> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>

>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>

>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>

>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>> and laptop by wireless.

>>

>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>

>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>

>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

 

--

 

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

 

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:%23IlHo%23b9IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and copy them onto my

>XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I was then able to 'see' the XP x64

>machine from Vista.

>

>

>

> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice. Difficult, or

>> impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>

>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>> basis.

>>

>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>

>>

>>

>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>

>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>

>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>

>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>

>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>

>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>

>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

It is for XP 32-bit (x86) and will not install on x64.

 

I copied the files from Vista x64 to install on XP x64.

 

 

 

Tom Ferguson wrote:

> Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

> Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

>

>

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for greater

clarity.

--

 

Tom

MSMVP 1998-2007

 

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

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> It is for XP 32-bit (x86) and will not install on x64.

>

> I copied the files from Vista x64 to install on XP x64.

>

>

>

> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>> Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

>> Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Also, the version you pointed to will not install on XP

32-bit w/SP3. There is a version for SP3 but you have to

contact Microsoft for the new v6 file for SP3. The SP3 file

is WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe

 

 

 

Tom Ferguson wrote:

> OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for

> greater clarity.

Guest me@tarquin.demon.co.uk
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Bobby,

 

Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

install LLTD, please?

 

 

 

On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

<rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>

>

>

>me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>

>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>

>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>> basis.

>>

>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>

>>

>>

>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>

>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>

>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>

>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>

>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>

>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>

>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

William

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Thanks. Useful to know.

TF

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:uYrLs8k9IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Also, the version you pointed to will not install on XP 32-bit w/SP3.

> There is a version for SP3 but you have to contact Microsoft for the new

> v6 file for SP3. The SP3 file is WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe

>

>

>

> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>> OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for

>> greater clarity.

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Updated link PARTICULARLY desirable for XP 32 bit with SP3 installed:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

 

 

"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:ePOAtZe9IHA.4484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

> Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

>

> --

>

> Tom

> MSMVP 1998-2007

>

>

> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

> news:%23IlHo%23b9IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and copy them onto

>>my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I was then able to 'see' the XP

>>x64 machine from Vista.

>>

>>

>>

>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice. Difficult, or

>>> impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>

>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>> basis.

>>>

>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>

>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>

>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>

>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>

>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

PS

The MSKB article was updated Aug 1, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

 

"Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks. Useful to know.

> TF

>

> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

> news:uYrLs8k9IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>> Also, the version you pointed to will not install on XP 32-bit w/SP3.

>> There is a version for SP3 but you have to contact Microsoft for the new

>> v6 file for SP3. The SP3 file is WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe

>>

>>

>>

>> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>>> OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for

>>> greater clarity.

>

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

I can do that. I'll let you know when I get the files and

info together. I did it a couple of months ago, but I don't

think I saved it anywhere.

 

 

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Bobby,

>

> Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

> install LLTD, please?

>

>

>

> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>

>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>> copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>> was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>

>>

>>

>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>>

>>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>

>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>> basis.

>>>

>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>

>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>

>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>

>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>

>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

> William

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Although the KB is updated, the download link is still for

SP2, it's the v5 file.

 

Tom Ferguson wrote:

> Updated link PARTICULARLY desirable for XP 32 bit with SP3 installed:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

>

>

> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:ePOAtZe9IHA.4484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

>> Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

>>

>>

>> --

>>

>> Tom

>> MSMVP 1998-2007

>>

>>

>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23IlHo%23b9IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and copy them

>>> onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I was then able to

>>> 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice. Difficult, or

>>>> impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>>

>>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>>> basis.

>>>>

>>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>>

>>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>>

>>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>>

>>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>>

>>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>>

>>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>>

>

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Although the KB is updated, the download link is still for

SP2, it's the v5 file.

 

 

Tom Ferguson wrote:

> PS

> The MSKB article was updated Aug 1, 2008

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

>

> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eHZTaLo9IHA.5700@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Thanks. Useful to know.

>> TF

>>

>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

>> news:uYrLs8k9IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>> Also, the version you pointed to will not install on XP 32-bit w/SP3.

>>> There is a version for SP3 but you have to contact Microsoft for the

>>> new v6 file for SP3. The SP3 file is WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>>>> OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for

>>>> greater clarity.

>>

>

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Is this a valid email?

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Bobby,

>

> Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

> install LLTD, please?

>

>

>

> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>

>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>> copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>> was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>

>>

>>

>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>>

>>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>

>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>> basis.

>>>

>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>

>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>

>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>

>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>

>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

> William

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

I suppose you do have to look at the section in the MSKB article, toward the

bottom, entitled 'Hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)' to see that

one should contact Microsoft support to get the Hotfix rather than the file

downloadable from the page.

 

TF

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:%23VfFhCu9IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Although the KB is updated, the download link is still for SP2, it's the

> v5 file.

>

> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>> Updated link PARTICULARLY desirable for XP 32 bit with SP3 installed:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

>>

>>

>> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:ePOAtZe9IHA.4484@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Glad that proved satisfactory for you. However, Link Layer Topology

>>> Discovery (LLTD) Responder, (KB922120), is available here-

>>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&displaylang=en

>>>

>>> --

>>>

>>> Tom

>>> MSMVP 1998-2007

>>>

>>>

>>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

>>> news:%23IlHo%23b9IHA.3648@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and copy them

>>>> onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I was then able to 'see'

>>>> the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice. Difficult, or

>>>>> impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>>>

>>>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>>>> basis.

>>>>>

>>>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with

>>>>>> it.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the

>>>>>> 2

>>>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping

>>>>>> each

>>>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite

>>>>>> straightforward

>>>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>>>

>>

Guest Tom Ferguson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

I suppose you do have to look at the section in the MSKB article, toward the

bottom, entitled 'Hotfix for Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3)' to see that

one should contact Microsoft support to get the Hotfix rather than the file

downloadable from the page.

 

TF

 

"Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

news:OXGRtCu9IHA.2348@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> Although the KB is updated, the download link is still for SP2, it's the

> v5 file.

>

>

> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>> PS

>> The MSKB article was updated Aug 1, 2008

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120

>>

>> "Tom Ferguson" <tom.newsgroups@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eHZTaLo9IHA.5700@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>>> Thanks. Useful to know.

>>> TF

>>>

>>> "Bobby Johnson" <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message

>>> news:uYrLs8k9IHA.4492@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>>> Also, the version you pointed to will not install on XP 32-bit w/SP3.

>>>> There is a version for SP3 but you have to contact Microsoft for the

>>>> new v6 file for SP3. The SP3 file is WindowsXP-KB922120-v6-x86-ENU.exe

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> Tom Ferguson wrote:

>>>>> OK. I should have added 'for XP 32 bit', after 'available here', for

>>>>> greater clarity.

>>>

>>

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> Bobby,

>

> Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

> install LLTD, please?

>

>

>

> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>

>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>> copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>> was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>

>>

>>

>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>>

>>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>

>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>> basis.

>>>

>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>

>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>

>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>

>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>

>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>

>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

> William

Guest me@tarquin.demon.co.uk
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

It is Bobby.

 

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:45:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson

<rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>Is this a valid email?

>me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>> Bobby,

>>

>> Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

>> install LLTD, please?

>>

>>

>>

>> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

>> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>>

>>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>>> copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>>> was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>>>

>>>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>>

>>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>>> basis.

>>>>

>>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>

>>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>>

>>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>>

>>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>>

>>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>>

>>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>>

>>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>> William

William

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

I sent the files. They are also attached to my previous post.

 

me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

> It is Bobby.

>

> On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:45:26 -0400, Bobby Johnson

> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>

>> Is this a valid email?

>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>> Bobby,

>>>

>>> Any chance you could email the files from Vista64 to me so I can

>>> install LLTD, please?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:21:16 -0400, Bobby Johnson

>>> <rjohnson@aol.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>> I did copy the necessary files off a Vista x64 system and

>>>> copy them onto my XP x64 system to install LLTD on it. I

>>>> was then able to 'see' the XP x64 machine from Vista.

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>> Thank you all very much for you comments and advice.

>>>>>

>>>>> Difficult, or impossible to set up a simple network based on an X64

>>>>> machine so that a physically connected Vista machine can use the XP64s

>>>>> printer! What on earth are Microsoft doing (or not doing)?

>>>>>

>>>>> I will have another go at it within a few days on the "shared folder"

>>>>> basis.

>>>>>

>>>>> At least it's good to know I wasn't just me doing something stupid.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:25 +0100, me@tarquin.demon.co.uk wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>> I'm quite an experienced computer user but have never before tried to

>>>>>> set up a home network and I have completely failed to succeed with it.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Equipment is D/top with XP64, new Samsung Laptop with Vista32 and a

>>>>>> fairly new Buffalo wireless/wired router.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Both machines connect OK to the internet - D/top via cable to router

>>>>>> and laptop by wireless.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> What I've failed to achieve is to set up a wired network between the 2

>>>>>> machines so we can exchange files and share the use of the printer

>>>>>> connected to the D/top machine. However, I have been able to ping each

>>>>>> machine from the other. The difficulty seems to be setting up the

>>>>>> N/work on the D/top and seeing the laptop.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Whereas I'd be delighted for someone to tell me where I've been going

>>>>>> wrong, I'm unsure how to properly undo things on the D/top so I can

>>>>>> start again and have another go at it. It seems quite straightforward

>>>>>> under Vista on the laptop.

>>>>>>

>>>>>> Can anyone help? It would be much appreciated.

>>> William

> William

  • 2 months later...
Guest Timothy Daniels
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> One of the problems is that for Vista to see XP is the XP needs LLTD. There

> is a download for XP 32-bit, but I have yet to find one for XP x64. Without

> the LLTD Vista will never see the XP machine.

 

I came across this thread a couple months later than its

posting, but I'd like to register that XP running LLTD seems

not to be necessary for XP to be seen by Vista. I have a

Vista 32-bit Business Edition with SP1 and an XP Pro Edition

with SP3, and they see each other's Shared (XP) and Public

(Vista) files just fine without LLTD. XP sees Vista in My

Network Places, and Vista sees XP in Network. LLTD seems

just necessary to draw the pretty pictures of the connected

machines.

 

*TimDaniels*

Guest Bobby Johnson
Posted

Re: Help! N/working XP64 & Vista 32bit

 

Have you checked in the network adapter's properties to see if LLTD isn't installed?  If your's is working without LLTD then you are just about the only person in the world.  When I first encountered this and I did a search via Google there were literally hundreds of posts about the problem and it took me a while to find the solution.  Without LLTD installed on my XP 32-bit and XP x64 computers they would not show up in the Vista Network places.

 

This is a direct quote from Microsoft:

Overview

 

This package contains the Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) responder. The network map on a computer running Windows Vista shows a graphical view of the computers and devices on your network and how they are connected by using the LLTD protocol. The LLTD responder must be installed on a computer running Windows XP before it can be detected and appear on the network map. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

 

 

I surely hope knows a little bit about how Windows works!

 

 

Timothy Daniels wrote:

 

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

 

 

 

One of the problems is that for Vista to see XP is the XP needs LLTD. There is a download for XP 32-bit, but I have yet to find one for XP x64. Without the LLTD Vista will never see the XP machine.

 

 

 

I came across this thread a couple months later than its posting, but I'd like to register that XP running LLTD seems not to be necessary for XP to be seen by Vista. I have a Vista 32-bit Business Edition with SP1 and an XP Pro Edition with SP3, and they see each other's Shared (XP) and Public (Vista) files just fine without LLTD. XP sees Vista in My Network Places, and Vista sees XP in Network. LLTD seems just necessary to draw the pretty pictures of the connected machines. *TimDaniels*

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