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Networking Your Vista PC with XP and Mac Machines

Vista's networking implementation is a welcome improvement over what came before, but it is by no means perfect. Andy Walker helps you make home networking between a Vista computer and other computers and devices less painful with this sample chapter.

This Chapter Is for You If...

• You want to share files and folders between Vista, XP, and a Mac on your home network.
• You want to learn Vista-to-Vista sharing.
• You want to learn about the new Public Folders feature.
• You want some security tips around sharing resources on your network with Vista.
  

What You'll Learn
In this chapter, I'll show you:

• How to network Vista to Vista
• How to share a file from Vista to XP Home and XP Pro
• How to share a file from XP to Vista
• How to network Vista to Mac
• How to troubleshoot it all as you go
  

Troubleshooting Your Network
Let's face it—setting up a network, even on a good day, is for slightly demented people. Many times I have been inside the guts of a network settings dialog box, wondering why I am not feeding fudge to an affectionate defector from the Swedish bikini team.

Networking is perhaps the most mystical of the silicon arts because any one hiccup in the chain of hardware, cabling, and wireless transceivers, and the data that flows across them can cause odd and random behavior that is difficult to diagnose.

Windows has been no superhero in all this. Network software and controls have been kludgy, inconsistent, and too complex for most users. I mean, why must we be subjected to an irrelevant subnet mask setting when we are installing two computers on a dinky home network? We shouldn't even have to think about that in a simple install.

That said, Vista's networking implementation is a welcome improvement over what came before. It is by no means perfect, however. Although Microsoft has herded a lot of the settings together into a new cleaner interface, once you start digging, you realize it's only half a makeover. It's beauty and the beast.

What follows will help you make home networking between a Vista computer and other computers and devices less painful.

Basic Network Assumptions
The standard deployment for network connectivity at home and in a small business is two or more computers connected to a device called a home network router (see Figure 1).

Figure 1. Be sure you have a home network router, like this Linksys router, installed to follow the advice in this chapter properly.

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One of those authors is the talented Mark Edward Soper, a fabulous network expert who has clearly martyred his life and abandoned all Swedish bikini prospects in a quest to give you a better understanding of home networks in his book Absolute Beginner's Guide to Home Networking.

A router is like an intersection. All data on a home network flows through it.

That said, I am not going to delve into the intricacies of how to set up a router here; lots of authors have done that.

However, if you are having trouble getting your router and broadband Internet connection to work, check out "Internet Disconnect." It'll help you troubleshoot your Internet connection and your home network router at the same time.

I have made a few assumptions in this chapter:

• You have at least two computers, and they are connected via network cables (or optionally) over a Wi-Fi connection to a home network router from a manufacturer such as DLink, Netgear, Linksys, Belkin, SMC, or other router appliance company.
• Your home network router is connected to a high-speed Internet connection (via a broadband modem) that it is sharing with the computers attached to it (see Figure 2).
• You sort a kind a know your way around your router, at least enough to get yourself into trouble.
  

Figure 2. This is what your home network should kind of look like if this chapter is going to be helpful to you.

Networking Vista to Vista
Let's begin with an overview of the Network and Sharing Center (see Figure 3) options because this is where we'll spend a lot of time in this chapter. It'll help you get a basic understanding of the controls.

Figure 3. The Vista Networking and Sharing Center is where you control file sharing on your network between computers.

First, open it by typing Sharing in the Search bar in the Start menu and then clicking the Network and Sharing Center when it appears to open it.

• Private versus Public - For optimal sharing, set the network to Private as follows: Click Customize on the right of the Network and Sharing Center window, below the image of the globe. Select Private, if it is not selected, and click Continue. The Public option turns key sharing settings off and is handy when you are on a public wireless network with a laptop.
• Network Discovery - On the main Network and Sharing Center screen, set Network Discovery to on if you want to engage in any sharing activities. This allows your computer to be seen by other computers on the network.
• File Sharing - This allows your files and folders to be accessed by other computers on the network. If it's turned off, all access attempts will be denied.
• Public Folder Sharing - This toggles the Public folder on your machine on or off. I talk about this useful feature in more detail in Method #3 later in the chapter.
• Printer Sharing - This allows you to share printers attached to your computer with others.
• Password-Protected Sharing - If it is set to On, you will be challenged when you try to remotely access the computer across the network. That said, if you type in the correct User ID and password for the target machine, you will get access to all files and folders for the target machine for that user account.
• Media Sharing - This makes media libraries available through Windows Media Player to other computers on your network.

OK, now let's move on to some techniques for sharing between two Vista machines. In my examples, I call the computer that is sharing files Vista1 and the computer that is accessing files Vista2.

Method #1: Access an Explicitly Shared File or Folder
You can access a shared folder or file on Vista1 from Vista2 if the following conditions are met:

• Both computers are on the same network and powered on.
• All computers are using the same workgroup name.
• Network Discovery on both computers is set to On.
• All computers are set to Private.
• File sharing is set to On on Vista1.

When these conditions are met, you should be able to browse any files or folders on Vista1 from Vista2 if the folders are explicitly shared as follows:

• Right-click on the folder to be shared and choose Properties.
  Click the Sharing tab.
• Click the Share button.
• Choose Everyone in the blank pull-down list and click Share (see Figure 4). The system takes a few minutes to set the folder to share.

Figure 4. Choose Everyone to share a folder with anyone who has a login account on your computer.

• You now can access that shared file from Vista2 by following these steps: Click the Windows button and then Network; double-click the icon for the Vista1 computer; double-click Users and then the user account that contains the shared file; and then drill down into the user's folders to find the shared folder.
• Here's an example: If I shared a file called Vancouver on the account I log in to on Vista1, called Andy, I would have to click Users, Andy, Desktop, and I'd see the shared folder Vancouver there.
  

Method #2: Access Files by Using User Credentials
To access all files in a user account on the Vista1 computer, take the following steps:

• Ensure both computers are on the same network and powered on.
• Make sure all computers are using the same workgroup name.
  
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  Make sure that your workgroup setting is the same on all computers on your network. Most people call their workgroup WORKGROUP. You can call it something else, but let's not complicate things. Learn how to reset it later in this chapter on p. 366 under the heading "How to Change the Workgroup in Vista."

• Set all computers to Private.Set Network Discovery to On on Vista1.
• Set file sharing to On for Vista1.
• Set password-protected sharing to On for Vista1.
  

Then, on the Vista2 computer, do the following:

1. Click the Windows button and click Network.
2. Double-click the icon that represents the Vista1 computer.
3. When the Connect to VISTA2 dialog box appears (see Figure 5), type in the username and password for the user account you are trying to access on Vista1.
   
   
   
   
   Figure 5. When you connect to another computer on the network, provide the username and password of a valid user account on the target computer.
   
   
4. Now you will have full access to all the files on the target user account from Vista2.
   

Method #3: Share a File Using Public Folders
This is probably the easiest way to share single files or folders between two Vista computers.

If you browse to C:\Users on any Vista computer, you'll see a folder called C:\Users\Public. This is a new feature in Vista (see Figure 6). It's a great place to drop files or folders and easily share them between computers. To make it available to anyone on your network, follow this checklist:

1. Make sure all computers are using the same workgroup name.
2. Set all computers to Private.
3. Ensure Network Discovery is turned on.
   
   
   
   
   Figure 6. Vista's new Public folder feature is a handy way to easily share files between computers on a network.
   

Next, go into the Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel and click the down arrow next to Public Folder Sharing.

There are three choices, as follows:

• Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open files - Anybody who can access your computer over the network can open the files and folders in your Public folder but cannot edit or delete them.
• Turn on sharing so anyone with network access can open, change, and create files - Anybody who can access your computer over the network can read (or view), edit, and delete files. They can also put new files in the Public folder.
• Turn off sharing - This switches off access to the Public folder.
  

For added security, turn on password-protected sharing, because anyone who browses to your computer will get instant access to your Public folder and its contents. This is especially important if you use a wireless network and don't protect it with either WEP or WPA to prevent outsiders from connecting to it.

Here's how to do that:

1. Open the Network and Sharing Center.
2. Click the down arrow to the right of Password-Protected Sharing and select on or off.
   

Troubleshooting Vista-to-Vista Networking
Under most circumstances, problems with Vista-to-Vista networking are caused by security software.

The Windows Vista firewall should naturally manage any sharing unless you have messed with it. If in doubt, check the Firewall exceptions, as follows:

1. In the Control Panel, click Classic View, Security Center.
2. Click Windows Firewall on the left.
3. Click Change Settings and then click Continue on the UAC dialog.
4. Click the Exceptions tab, and make sure that the File and Printer Sharing box is checked.
   

Be sure to check the firewall for all machines involved in file sharing on your network.

The same goes for a third-party software firewall if you installed it. It could be blocking file-sharing traffic between machines. Check it on all machines that you are trying to share between.

If you run another security suite, such as MacAfee or Symantec, they are notorious for blocking file sharing, so be sure to test your system without them. If file sharing works with them disengaged, you know where the problem lies.

Networking Vista to a Windows XP
Computer
I'd bet that most people who read this book have a copy of Windows Vista on their newest computer and at least one other computer that uses Windows XP.

Perhaps it used to be your primary computer, and now it's been demoted as a machine for the kids or your spouse, or it's a file server that contains your MP3 files, perhaps. I have a computer at home full of 1980s tunes, including a few by Cyndi Lauper. I am not ashamed that I dance like a moron when I vacuum.

So, let's set up both the Vista machine and the XP machine to talk to each other, starting with Windows XP.

Recommended: Convert Your XP Computer to NTFS
For file sharing, I recommend that your XP hard drive should be formatted as an NTFS drive, not a FAT32 drive. NTFS is a newer, more secure disk-formatting technology.

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Computer file systems such as NTFS and FAT32 are disk-level schemes that determine how data is organized and indexed on a hard drive. It is analogous to the cataloging system and bookshelves at a library.

File systems are created when you first format a hard drive. By default, XP uses NTFS, although if you upgraded from Windows Me or 98, it could still be configured as FAT32.

For security purposes, we're going to want to use NTFS because it gives us control over who gets access to what on a network computer.

To check the file system on your XP computer:

1. Click the Windows button and then My Computer.
2. In the My Computer window, right-click on your C: drive and choose Properties.
3. Under file system, you should see NTFS (see Figure 7) or FAT32.
   

Figure 7. Make sure your Windows XP computer uses the NTFS file system.

CAUTION:
Before you convert your file system, it's always a good idea to do a data backup. It's usually pretty painless, but any major system renovation is never a good idea without a data backup safety net in place.

If it shows NTFS, you're good to go. Skip to the next section. If not, here's how to convert a FAT32 drive to NTFS:

• Click the Windows button and then select Run.
• Type cmd in the Run box and click OK. A Command prompt window opens.At the flashing cursor, type convert c: /fs:ntfs (see Figure 8).

Figure 8. If you need to, convert your XP system's hard drive to the NTFS file system.Windows converts the drive to NTFS.

Create a Password-Protected User on XP
Now let's password protect one of your XP user accounts:

• Click the Windows button, Control Panel, User Accounts.
  

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Also be sure to fill in the password hint in case you forget your password. You can ask for the hint when you go to log in. Don't type in your actual password here. But if your password is "cookies," your hint could be "I eat them for breakfast, even though I shouldn't."

• Click on the account name you want to use to share a folder, and choose Create a Password (see Figure 9).
  

Figure 9. Passwords protect one of the user accounts on your XP system.

• Type a new password and retype it; then click Confirm.
• If, at this point, a Windows XP dialog box asks whether you want to make your files and folders private, choose No.
  

Disable Simple File Sharing
If you have Windows XP Pro on your system, disable simple file sharing.

CAUTION:
Simple file sharing cannot be disabled in Windows XP Home, so skip this step if you use that version of the operating system.

It will interfere with the File and Printer Sharing feature, so we need to turn it off, as follows:

• Click the Windows button, All Programs, Accessories, Windows Explorer.
• Click the Tools, Folder Options, and select the View tab.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the Advanced Settings box and uncheck Use Simple File Sharing (Recommended) (see Figure 10).
  

Figure 10. Turn off simple file sharing on your XP Pro computer. It's the last item in this figure.

• Click Apply, and then click OK.
  

Enable File and Printer Sharing
Now, enable File and Printer Sharing on your XP computer. To do this:

• Click the Windows button, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections.
• In the Network Connections window, right-click the Local Area Connection and choose Properties.
• In the Local Area Connection Properties window, check File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks (see Figure 11).

Figure 11. Enable File and Printer Sharing on your XP computer.

Without a check mark here, you won't be able to share any of your folders or files from your XP Pro or XP Home computer.

Synchronize Workgroup Names
Make sure that the XP computer is a member of the same network workgroup as the Vista computer.

From the Vista end of things, computers on the same home network can be members of any workgroup and the Vista computer will detect them. On the XP end of things, the workgroup name appears to be important. For your sanity, standardize on the same workgroup name for all computers that will share data. The default workgroup name most people use is the imaginative name WORKGROUP (as I mentioned earlier in this chapter in the section, "Networking Vista to Vista").

CAUTION:
The default workgroup on a fresh install of Windows XP Home computer is MSHOME, while XP Pro and Vista use WORKGROUP. Microsoft means well, I am sure, but these inconsistencies are maddening.

Here are the steps to change the name of your network workgroup on both types of computer.

How to Change the Workgroup in XP
Let's start with how to edit the workgroup in Windows XP.

• Click the Windows button, Control Panel, System.
• Click the Computer Name tab and then click the Change button next to where it says To Rename This Computer or Join a Workgroup, Click Change (see Figure 12).
  

Figure 12. Change the workgroup on your XP computer.

• Under Workgroup, type WORKGROUP and click OK.
• You'll need to restart the system for the changes to take effect.
  

How to Change the Workgroup in Vista
Now let's edit the workgroup in Windows Vista.

• Click the Windows button, type System in the Search box, and click System when it appears in the Start menu.
• Under the Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings, you see the name of the system's workgroup listed.
• To change it, click Change Settings and then click Continue when the UAC warning appears.
• On the Computer Name tab, click Change, edit the Workgroup name, and then click OK (see Figure 13).

Figure 13. Click Change to modify the name of the workgroup on your Vista computer.

• You'll need to restart the system to finish.
  

Testing 1,2,3: Is This Network On?
With all these tweaks in place, both your Windows Vista computer and Windows XP computer should be able to "see" each other. Here's how to test that.

Is Windows XP in the Right Workgroup?

• Click the Windows button, Control Panel, Network Connections; then on the left-hand side, click My Network Places.
• On the left side of the Network Places window, click View Workgroup Computers.
• Have patience while the system sniffs out the network. Wait times for machines to appear can vary. Sometimes it's a few seconds, and sometimes it's a few minutes.
• If nothing appears, scoot back to the section "How to Change the Workgroup in XP" on p. 366 (this chapter) and make sure the computer is set to the same workgroup as the Vista computer.
  

CAUTION:
Only computers in the same workgroup as your XP computer will appear.

Is Windows Vista in the Right Workgroup?

• Click the Windows button and then Network on the right side of the Start menu.
• Wait for the computer to scan the network. Watch the green bar at the top to see the scanning progress. All computers on your network appear (see Figure 14).

Figure 14. Browse your network from Vista.

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Note that a Vista computer will also list computers not in the same workgroup that it is part of when you browse the network from it.

• The computers are represented in different ways. If the icons have blue screens, they are (ironically) detected and online. You should also see that your router will have a router icon and some computer names will be duplicated because they will have media-sharing enabled.
  

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Change the view of the network by clicking the View item in the ribbon across the top of the Network window and then choose the option you want. Details will show your workgroups.

Troubleshooting XP-to-Vista Networking
Sometimes XP just refuses to work with your network. And even if you put all the preceding settings in place and do everything right, sometimes it just won't do what it is supposed to do. Vista won't see your XP computer, and your XP computer won't see anything but itself, or everything but itself.

There could be a dozen issues causing this, because a network consists of lots of hardware, software, and operating system settings. Think of it this way: If you bit into a sandwich and it tasted bad, you'd check the bread, the mayo, the mustard, the lettuce, the cheese, the roast beef, and so on until you discovered the nasty bit. A network is a multi-decker sandwich, and finding the bad bit can be extremely difficult. That said, there are some obvious things you can try that might coax it to work:

• Change the network connection from wireless to wired (if an option) or from wired to wireless.
• If wireless, make sure you are connected to the right wireless network and not your neighbor's network.
• If available, update the driver for your network or wireless card.
• Update the system BIOS or update chipset drivers.
• Leave it be. Sometimes a bit of patience leads to XP suddenly waking up and finding the network and displaying it.
• Reboot. It's panacea for all PC ills, but it can work. I suspect that the network stack in XP is buggy, and sometimes it hangs. A reboot can refresh it.
• Refresh the My Network Places window by hitting F5 or clicking View Workgroup Computers a second time. On Vista, right-click in the network window and choose Refresh.
• After you get the XP machine to see the network, the Vista computer will then in turn make the XP machine appear in the Vista network window.
  

How to Share a Folder on XP Home to Vista
Now let's go find the folder on your XP computer that you want to share with your Vista computer. Let's pretend it's called Cyndi's Hits.

• Locate the Cyndi's Hits folder using My Computer or Windows Explorer.
  
• Right-click the Cyndi's Hits folder and choose Properties.
  
• In the Properties window of the folder you want to share, click the Sharing tab.
  
• Under the Network Sharing and Security area, if you see As a Security Measure, Windows Has Disabled Remote Access to This Computer, you'll need to run the Network Setup Wizard. Click the link below this warning to invoke it. If you don't see it, skip forward a few steps to where I talk about the Share This Folder on the Network option.
  
• In the wizard, click Next, and choose Yes Use the Existing Shared Connection.
  
• Fill in the computer description if needed and change the computer name if you want. Click next and ensure the workgroup is WORKGROUP.
  
• Click the option to Turn on File and Printer Sharing. Click Next twice until you see the option to Create a Network Setup Disk. You can use a floppy disk (if you have one) to create a disk that will set up the network on another Windows XP computer. Follow this if you want, but otherwise, click Just Finish the Wizard and then the Finish button.
  

CAUTION:
Careful here, because anyone on your network, including wireless freeloaders who happen to land on your wireless network, might be able to browse and change the contents of the shared folder.

• Right-click on Cyndi's Hits and choose Properties (if you're not returned to that dialog box). Click the radio button next to Share This Folder (see Figure 15). Assign a Share Name. It is how this folder will appear on other computers that browse it.
  

Figure 15. Right-click the Cyndi Lauper music folder you want to share and click the Sharing tab.

• Check the Allow Network Users to Change My Files box, if you want the ability to edit or delete files across the network.
• Click Apply and OK.
  

Now you should be able to browse the Cyndi's Hits folder from your Vista computer or from other machines on the network.

To complete the process, skip forward to the section "Access a Shared XP Folder with Vista."

How to Share a Folder on XP Pro with Vista
If you have an XP Pro computer that you want to share with your Vista computer, the steps are a little different from those on XP Home that I outlined previously. Let's this time call the folder Duran Duran Hits.

CAUTION:
It might be tempting to share the entire C: drive; however, this is not a great idea because it makes it easy for anyone accessing the network to do bad things to your system. That said, though, I have to admit that I have done it before for convenience on a machine that was a junker.

• Locate the Duran Duran Hits folder using My Computer or Windows Explorer.
• Right-click on the Duran Duran Hits folder and choose Properties.
• In the Properties window of the folder you want to share, click the Sharing tab.
  

No Need to Go Private
Make sure your Windows User folder is not set to private. To check this, go to C:\documents and settings\, right-click on the folder that contains your user settings, and choose Properties. (My username on my XP computer is Andy, so I'd right-click on the folder called Andy in C:\documents and settings.) Next, click the Sharing tab, and there is no check mark in the Make This Folder Private box. If there is, uncheck it and click OK.

• Click on the Share This Folder button (see Figure 16). Assign a Share Name, and enter whatever you like in the Comment field. This gives the shared folder a moniker on the network, and the comment will help you better understand its contents when you click on it on another computer (if it's not obvious).
  

Figure 16. On the Sharing tab, click the Share This Folder radio button and name it.

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You can also limit the number of connections to this folder by defining how many connections you'll allow in the user limit settings.

• Next, click the Permissions button. Everyone will be the default group. Later, in the Permissions section, you can customize your preferences.
• If you want to be cautious, check off Allow next to Read and uncheck all other options. If you want to be able to add and delete files in the folder from any machine on the network, click Allow next to Full Control, which auto-selects all the Allow boxes.
• After you have decided on the share permissions, click Apply; then click OK and close out all the windows.
  

Access a Shared XP Folder with Vista
After your XP Pro or XP Home machine is configured using the steps in the previous two sections, flip over to your Vista computer so I can show you how to set it up to access the shared folder(s) on XP:

• On the Vista machine, click the Windows button, type Network, and then choose Network and Sharing Center.
• In the Network section (with the Access and Connection subheads), look for the word Customize and click it (see Figure 17).

Figure 17. Click Customize in the Vista Network settings and set it to Private.

• In the Set Network Location window, click the button next to Private and click Next.
  

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You can rename the network here too.

• When UAC kicks in, click Continue to approve, and then click Close.
  

This turns on Network discovery on the Vista machine so that other machines on the network (including your XP computer) can detect it.

Now you'll want test whether you can access the XP computer over the network. Here's how:

• On your Vista computer, click the Windows button and then click Network on the right side of the Start menu.
• You'll see a window with a list of all the computers on your network, including the XP computer you just configured (see Figure 18).

Figure 18. When I browse my home network, I can see all the computers connected, including my G5 iMac, a Dell PC running Vista (Vista1), and my Windows XP computer.

I Can't See the XP Computer with Vista
If your XP computer doesn't show up in the Network folder on the Vista machine, try hitting F5 to refresh the view.
Because XP networking is as buggy as an ant farm, sometimes this won't work. At that point, try a reboot of both machines. That should reinitialize the network stack.
But, if it doesn't, you can force a connection by clicking on the Vista machine's Windows button, and then in the Search box, type \\ and the name of the XP computer (as it appears in the Computer Name tab in the System applet on the XP computer) and hit Enter. It attempts a connection to the machine and prompts you for login credentials if applicable.

My XP computer's name is Andys-XP-PRO, so in this scenario, I would type \\Andys-XP-PRO in the Start menu's Search box. (Don't forget to hit the Enter key after you type it.)

• Double-click the XP computer's icon and wait for the login challenge.
• Enter the name of the XP user account and password you configured earlier (see Figure 19).
  

Figure 19. Enter the XP user account you password-protected earlier to access the shared folder on the XP machine from your Vista computer.

• This gives you access to the XP machine and all the folders you have shared on it.
  

Congratulations! And I mean that sincerely. You just achieved one of the most complicated procedures you can do on your home network.

File-Sharing Troubleshooting Tips
If you can't access the shared folder after all these steps, here's a checklist of a few more file-sharing troubleshooting tips that might help:

• Check that you are using the correct user account and the associated password exactly as it was typed.
• Turn off any third-party firewall or security software to see whether it is interrupting the process on both Vista and XP.
• The Windows firewall should not be a problem; however, turn it off or tweak it if in doubt.
• Ensure that both computers are connected to the network.
• If one or both computers are wireless, ensure they are tuned to your wireless network (that is, your network's SSID) and not your neighbor's.
  

Sharing from Vista to XP
If you want to share a folder between a Vista machine and an XP computer, here's how you do that.

Create a user account on the Vista machine that is identical to the user account on your XP machine, as follows:

• Log in as an administrator and click the Windows button; then type User in the Search box and click User Accounts when it appears in the Start menu.
• Click Manage Another Account.
• Click Continue on the UAC alert.
• At the bottom of the Choose the Account You Would Like to Change window, click Create a New Account.
• Type in the name of the new account, but use the name you used on the XP computer. Select either Standard User or Administrator and then click Create Account (see Figure 20).
  

Figure 20. Create a user account on your Vista machine that clones a user account on your XP machine.

• Next, click the account you created, and when its Make Changes window opens, click Create a Password.
• Type in the same password you used on the twin account on the XP machine. And type the password a second time to confirm. Then type a hint if you need one and click the Create Password button.
  

Now that account is set up, let's configure a few settings:

• Open the Network and Sharing Center on the Vista computer.
• In the Network and Sharing area, click the down arrow next to File Sharing and make sure Turn on File Sharing is selected.
  

Share a Vista Folder
Next, locate the folder on the Vista PC you want to share, as follows:

• Right-click on the folder; then choose Properties and click the Sharing tab.
• Click the Share button. You'll see a pull-down box that's empty. Click the down arrow to reveal its content, and you'll see all the User accounts set up on the Vista machine.
• Choose the account you twinned from the XP machine or Everybody (on This Machine) if you want to allow all accounts to access the folder you want to share and click Add.
• The account(s) are added to the box below. To the right of the entry, you can use the pull-down to assign the permissions for the user(s).
• Click the Share button and wait while the system updates the shared folder with new permissions.
  

Access a Folder on Vista from Your XP Machine
Next, switch over to your XP computer, as follows:

• Log in under the account you twinned on your Vista machine.
• Click the Windows button, My Computer; then on the left, click My Network Places.
• Click View Workgroup Computers, and when it appears, double-click the icon for your Vista computer.
• You'll see two folders: Users and Public. Double-click Users and then the username of the account that created the file you are sharing; then navigate to the folder where the shared file is located. If it's in Documents, click Documents. If it's on the desktop, click Desktop. You get the idea. After you reach the folder, simply double-click it to see and use its contents.
  

Networking Vista to a Mac
If your home is one of those households that own both Windows and Apple computers, you'll love this part of the chapter. I'm going to show you how to network your Mac with your Vista PC.

Lots of people hang both Mac and Windows machines off the same home network. I do. Admittedly, I am not a huge Mac user—and I am known for being a bit brutal about the Mac users, with their weird cult-like devotion to Steve Jobs and his turtleneck sweaters. Still, Macs are nicely engineered pieces of computer hardware, even if they are digital candy floss. And besides, my G5 iMac makes a great stereo.

So, let me show you how to share files between an OS X-powered Mac and a Vista computer on the same network. In what follows, I use Mac OS X Tiger version 10.4.8.

To get started, let's change some Mac settings first.

Enable a Password on the Mac's User Account
Let's first add a password to the administrator user account.

Log in to the account you want to password protect. Preferably use an administrator account.

CAUTION:
Vista will not let you connect to your Mac if the user account you have chosen for file sharing is not password protected.

• Go to Finder and click on the Apple icon (top left of the screen). On the drop-down menu, choose System Preferences. System Preferences on Mac OS X is the equivalent of Control Panel on Windows.
• In the System Preferences window, under System click the Accounts icon (see Figure 21). This is where you make changes to existing user accounts on your Mac.
  

Figure 21. Click the Accounts icon in the System area of the System Preferences window.

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You can also launch System Preferences from your Dock. It is the light gray icon with both a light switch and an Apple logo on it.

• You might need to unlock this feature. If so, click once on the padlock icon in the lower left-hand corner of the Accounts window to unlock it.
• An authentication window launches, prompting for an administrator username and password to allow user account system changes to take place. (Look familiar? It's kind of like UAC isn't it?) Enter your admin password and click OK.
• Select the account you want to assign a password to. Click on the Change Password button.
• Leave the Old Password field empty if you have not previously assigned a password to this user account.
• Next type in your password in the New Password field; then verify it by typing it a second time in the Verify box. Also enter the password hint if you want.
• To finish, click the Change Password button. You have just set a password for your user account on the Mac.
  

Enable Windows File Sharing on the Mac
Next, you'll have to enable Windows file sharing. Here's how:

• Click the Apple icon on the Finder (top left); then click System Preferences.
• In System Preferences, locate the Internet & Network section and click on the Sharing icon. When the Sharing window appears, click the Services tab if it is not selected already.
  

CAUTION:
You might need to unlock the Sharing window if it is locked. See how in the previous section.

• In the Computer Name field, type a name for the computer if what's there isn't appropriate. I call mine "G5 iMac."
• In the list on the left, check the Windows Sharing box. This starts Samba (also known as Windows networking in some geek circles). By enabling Windows Sharing, you are activating a communications protocol to allow Vista to connect to your Mac.
• You can also check off Personal File Sharing (also known as Apple Share) if you want to share files more easily with other Mac machines on your network.
• Next, click again on the Windows Sharing item so it is selected and look for the Accounts button (see Figure 22) to appear on the right.
  

Figure 22. Click Windows Sharing and watch for the Accounts button to appear.

• Click Accounts and check the account(s) you want to share.
  

That's all you have to do on your Mac. Now switch over to your Vista computer.

CAUTION:
Be careful. This will share a user's desktop, as well as folders such as Documents, Library, Movies, Music, and Sites, with others on the network.

Set Up Vista to Access Your Mac
Now let's set up your Vista machine so you can access the Mac. First, we'll need to check whether network discovery is turned on:

• Click the Windows button, type Network and Sharing, and open the Network and Sharing Center when it appears in the Start menu.
• Under Sharing and Discovery, make sure that Network Discovery is set to on. If it's not, click the down arrow next to it and select Turn Network Discovery On and click Apply.
• Continue in the UAC warning window when it appears.
• Close out that window and then click the Windows button again, and this time, click Network on the right side of the Start menu.
• You should see an icon that has the name of your Mac (that you specified earlier). For example, mine says "G5-IMAC."
• Double-click it, and a login window appears, asking for a username and password to access the Mac. Be sure to type in the username and password for the user account you enabled on the Mac.
  

Figure 23. Type the Short Name as the username when you log on to your Mac from your Vista across your network.

CAUTION:
The username and password are case sensitive, so be sure to type them correctly.

• You also have the option to have Vista remember the password. I lean toward convenience, so I use the feature, but if you want to be more secure, don't use it, and type it in each time.
  

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Note that you can also use the Mac Short Name as the user ID. On your Mac, this is specified in a field under your username. To see it, click Finder, System Preferences, System, Accounts and click the Password tab. My username on my Mac was Andy Walker, but the Short Name that my Mac generated for logging on to it across my network from my Vista machine is andywalker (see Figure 23).

You should now be able to access the files on your Mac.

Vista-to-Mac Troubleshooting Tips
If you are having problems connecting to the Mac from Vista Business or Ultimate, there are a few things you can check and tweak.

The first one is kind of geeky. You're going to need to go where Windows administrators usually have to go into the Local Security Policy.

Tweak the Local Security Policy
Be advised. This tip makes your Vista system less secure, but it's like digging through your granddad's attic: Fun, scary, and at times, a bit surprising.

Let's get in there:

• Click the Windows button; then type Local Security Policy and click it when it appears in the Start menu to launch it.
• Click Continue when the UAC warning screen appears.
• In the Local Security Policy window, click once on the triangle next to Local Policies. This expands the file tree. Then click on the Security Options line item.
• On the right column, scroll down and find the entry called Network Security: LAN Manager Authentication Level and double-click on it.
• When the Properties window appears, click on the drop-down menu and select Send LM & NTML Responses (see Figure 24), followed by Apply; then click OK.
  

Figure 24. If you have trouble accessing your Mac from Vista, set your Local Security Policy to Send LM & NTLM Responses.

After this setting is enabled, try to connect to your Mac again.

Check the Firewalls
Be sure to check firewall settings on both Mac and Vista.

Mac Firewall
Go back to Sharing in the System Preferences window. Double-check to see whether there is a check mark next the Windows Sharing entry on the Services tab.

If you flip over to the Firewall tab, you'll see that Windows Sharing has also been enabled.

To turn off the Mac firewall, click the Firewall tab and click Stop below the heading Firewall On. This is especially important if you have a third-party firewall program running on your Mac.

However, if you do, this could be the source of your problem. Turn that off too and see whether you can connect. If so, you'll have to investigate your third-party firewall further and find out how to set it to allow file sharing with your Mac.

Vista Firewall
On your Vista PC, the Windows firewall could also be causing a problem. First turn it off and see whether that solves the problem, as follows:

• Click the Windows button; then type Firewall and click Windows Firewall when it appears in the Start menu.
• To turn it off, click Change Settings; then click Continue on the UAC alert.
• Next, click Off (Not Recommended) on the General tab to turn off the Windows firewall.
• Restart the system and test to see whether this solves the problem.
  

NOTE:
Samba is a groovy Brazilian music style and a groovy open source software that allows non-Windows computers such as the Mac and Linux to communicate with Windows computers over a network.

If it does, you'll have to make sure port TCP 139 and UDP port 137 are open. These are the ports Windows uses to communicate with Samba.

To open the Samba ports on the Vista firewall, do the following:

• Click the Windows button; then type firewall in the Search field and click Windows Firewall.
• Click the Change Settings link. Approve the UAC warning. Then, on the Windows Firewall settings, click on the Exceptions tab.
• Click the Add Port button. From the Add Port window, type Samba as the name and enter 137 as the UDP port; then click OK. Also add TCP port 139. This then ensures that Samba can communicate through your Windows Vista firewall.
• If you have a third-party firewall, make sure that those ports are configured to get through the firewall.
  

If all went well, you should now be able to connect from Vista to your Mac.

Access Vista from Your Mac
OK, let's do it the other way around now. Here is how to access Vista files and folders from your Mac. First, let's tweak Vista a bit:

• On your Vista computer, click the Windows button; then type Network and click the Network and Sharing Center in the Start menu.
• Set the network to Private by clicking the Customize link on the right side of the Network section of the Network and Sharing Center. It includes the subheads Access and Connection.
• In Customize Network Settings, select Private if necessary and click Next; then click Close.
• Go back to the Network and Sharing Center and check that Network Discovery is on. Click the down arrow next to the item to reveal the settings controls.
• Check that File Sharing is on. Also make sure password-protected sharing is on.
• Before you switch over to the Mac, check to see what you called your Vista computer.
• Click the Windows button; then type System in the Search box and click System when it appears in the menu. Down at the section called Computer Name, Domain, and Workgroup Settings, look for the computer name. Write this down exactly as it is spelled.
  

Prep Your Mac to Access Vista
Next, pop over to your Mac because we have to tweak a few items there, too:

• On your Mac, go to the Finder menu bar up across the top of the screen. Left to right, you'll see the Apple icon, then Finder, and a few menus over, you'll see the Go menu, between View and Window.
  

CAUTION:
If an application is running, you will have to turn it off first to see the Go menu.

• Click the Go menu and select Connect to Server.
  

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The Connect to Server item can also be accessed by pressing [Ctrl] + K on the keyboard.

• Here you will need to enter the name of the computer you are connecting to; in this case, I named the Vista computer Vista1 and used the address smb://Vista1 (see Figure 25).
  

Figure 25. On the Go menu, you can connect to a computer on your network using Samba by name or IP address.

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Instead of the computer name, you can also enter the IP address of the Vista machine on your network, as in smb://192.168.0.108 (you'll also see that in Figure 25).

• A login window appears, asking for Workgroup, Name (Windows username), and Password (password used with a specific Windows user account). Change the workgroup to the one you specified on your Vista computer (see Figure 26).
  

Figure 26. Enter the Windows username and password for the computer you are trying to connect to from your Mac.

• Enter the Windows username and password that you use to log in to the user account of your Vista machine.
• You should now see two folders: Public (if public folders are turned on in Vista's Networking and Sharing Center) and Users. To find the folders you shared, click Users and the user account and then browse to where the shared folder is located. If none are available, go and share explicit files or folders, as I specified earlier in this chapter.

Sharing Internet on XP

We can sharing internet information through (by) internet XP.

From My computer click right, in tab Computer Name a change : Computer name typing the computer name (ext : PC1) , Member of take Workgroup (ext : MIS).

From the computer to sharing

• From My Network place
• Choose Set up a home or small office network (next)

• Select a connection method, take number 1 (this computer connects directly to the internet. the other computers on my network connect to the Internet throught this computer) (Next)
  

• Select your internet conection
  

• Just Next and next till finish.
  

From Computer client

• From My Network place
• Set up home or small office Network (Next)
• Select a connection method, take number 2 ( This computer connects to the Internet a residential gateway or throught another computer on my network)
• Computer name : Take your computer name. (next)
  

Publish Post

• Name your Network, Workgroup name :..(enter your group name)
• Just Next and next till finish.

How to remove “I DNT Hate Mozilla but use IE or Else”..

Step 1

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL

(Task Manager Opens up) and go to the processes tab

2. Look for svchost.exe which has your username.

3. Press DEL to kill these files

Note: It will give you a warning, Press Yes

4. Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!

Step 2

1. Open My Computer

2. Type C:\heap41a in the address bar, and press enter.

Note:It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default.

Delete all the files here

Step 3

1. Go to Start –> Run and type Regedit

2. Go to the menu Edit –> Find

3. Type “heap41a” and press enter.

Note: You will get something like this “[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt”

4. Select that registry and Press DEL.

Note: When popup “Are you sure you want to delete this value”, click Yes.

5. Close the registry editor.

Thats all and the problem Solved!

Forgot Administrator Password on XP

1. Restart your computer
2. When booting, press F8 and select "Safe Mode"
3. After getting to the user menu. Click on a user and this time it will not ask you for a password
4. Go to Start>Run and type "CMD" (without the quotes).
5. At command prompt type in "cd C:\Windows\System32" (without the quotes), I am assuming C is your System/Windows Drive
6. For safety purposes first make a backup of your Logon.Scr file..
   You can do this by typing in "Copy to Logon.scr to Logon.bak" (without the quotes)
7. Then type "copy CMD.EXE Logon.scr"(without the quotes)
8. Then type this command, I will assume that you want to set Administrator's password to "MyNewPass" (without the quotes)
9. Now, type this in (I am assuming that you are still in the directory C:\Windows\System32), "net user administrator MyNewPass" (without the quotes)
10. You will get a message saying that it was successful, this means Administrator's new password is "MyNewPass" (without the quotes)
11. Restart the PC and you will login as Administrator (or whatever you chose to reset) with your chosen password and Enjoy!