How did you do this? Help!


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From: <piclist@mmendes.com>
To: <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:29 AM
Subject: RE: [OT] Putting Vista on an XP network


>> If you have Home Basic you're screwed - it won't connect to other 
>> machines
>> on the network (yes, functionality that has been in every MS OS since
>> DOS/Lanman has been removed).
>
> I don't think that is the reality.  I have a machine running xp at home 
> and a
> new Vista Home Basic, both connected to a 4 port router.  I was able to
> successfully map a drive in the Vista machine to point to the XP machine.
>
> From a command prompt window
>
> c:> net use z: \\xpcomputername\sharename /user:yourusernamehere
> /persistent:no
>
> This should work providing the network config on the Vista machine was 
> done
> correcly.
>
> If you want the z: drive to stick after reboots use /persistent:yes
>
> Also, if xpcomputername does not work, try using the remote machine's
> ip address
> instead.
>
> -Mario
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