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Trouble with home network. windows 7 and windows xp

Nov 3, 2011 10:14AM PDT

I have a home network. On the network I have a desk top running windows XP Home Edition, and a laptop running Windows 7. I can see both computers on the network, and I can connect to the Windows 7 computer from the XP. I can not connect to the XP from the windows 7. I can ping both computers IP address and name. I am running Norton 360 on both computers. I am pretty sure there are shared folders set up correctly on both. Any ideas on what computer is causing the problem or what settings need to be corrected?

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You may need
Nov 3, 2011 9:43PM PDT

to install LLTD on to the XP system as, "This problem occurs if the Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder component is not installed on the Windows XP-based computer".

Look at the two links below, (the 2nd link applies to Vista but it is the same for Win 7), and see if that helps;

Networking Windows 7 and XP

and Network Map in Windows Vista does not display computers that are running Windows XP.

A couple of other points;

1] Make sure networking is set up on both computers using Windows accounts that are exactly the same, ie, the same username and the same password.

2] Use the same Workgroup name

3] Ensure no firewall is blocking access.

Hope that helps.

Mark

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I found a solution.
Nov 5, 2011 2:02AM PDT

Here is the solution that I used to solve my problem:
1. Check whether your XP machine is configured to restrict access over
anonymous connections.

To do this, please:

1). Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2). Locate and then double-click the following registry
subkey:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
3). On the right side, double-click restrictanonymous.
4). Make sure that the value in the Value data box is set to 0, and then
click OK.
5). Close Registry Editor.
6). Restart the computer.

I did try the other suggestions, but they did not help me. I found this on another forum.

Thanks for the help

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Glad you got it sorted
Nov 5, 2011 6:23AM PDT

and thanks for reporting back.

Mark