Trouble networkign 2 vista machines together.

[winner9909]

Unfortunately the issue isnt at my home its at a relatives so i am going to relay the issue from memory.

2 pcs both on the same homenetwork both hard wired to a wireless router. Both running Vista.

I will refer to the 2 pcs as

Upstairs PC
Downstairs PC

On the network applet on Downstairs PC when i try to access the Upstairs PC i get a strange error about invalid path. When i try to access Downstairs pc from UPstairs pc everything seems to be working fine.

I have printer sharing, file sharing, & Discovery enabled on both machines. I also have password protected sharing OFF.

I am trying to share Upstairs PC's printer with Downstairs PC.

Also noteworthy when i run /netstat in command prompt the other machines dont show up but ARE pingable.

I believe norton and web route may be running on UPSTAIRS pc

pcs in SAME workgroup

 

[carnageX]

Disable Norton. That's the big one right there.

Since you said they're already in the same workgroup, and all the sharing options are setup, I'd bet its Norton.

 

[winner9909]

Next time im over there im gonna disable norton and see if thats it...


Lets assume norton is the culprit... is there anyway to configure it to allow print sharing?

 

[carnageX]

You would probably have to put that computer in the whitelist if you can.

Honestly... I would just can Norton and get rid of it completely. There's better free AV's out there (Microsoft Security Essentials, Avira, Avast, just to name a few).

 

[Yami]

Honestly... I would just can Norton and get rid of it completely. There's better free AV's out there (Microsoft Security Essentials, Avira, Avast, just to name a few).

Agreed.