Re: Vista Security is Killing Me

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

[[Forwarded to Vista Networking & Security newsgroups via crosspost]]

 

Windows Live OneCare Forums

http://forums.microsoft.com/windowsonecare...t.aspx?siteid=2

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royalbones wrote:<span style="color:blue">

> I am running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) SP1 and Live One Care AV.

> I really like the new operating system but I really do not need and/or

> like all the security Vista hace forced on me. At I coule turn it off in

> XP.

>

> How can I get my 5 computers (3 on XP sp3, and 2 on (same as above)

> so that I can access files, via my home wireless network, freely using

> windows explorer like i can between my XP computers?

> Currently I have to logon with a user name and password ( I think I got

> passed this..)

> but now, for example, when I can see "documents" listed for the computer

> I

> am trying to access and I click on it, It tells me I can't and suggests

> something about permissions, which I've checked and to my knowledge it

> looks

> like the permissions for "documents" is set to full control.....

>

> Anyway...

> i just read something suggesting Live One Care may be the problem...

> but I can't imagine that's all of it...

>

> Anybody as anti-security as I am? </span>

[Guest Mick Murphy]

Have a read of the info below:

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx

 

Have a read of the above link re Vista File and Printer Sharing.

 

Permissions/Share info is there as well.

 

If using Norton, McAfee, Trend Micro I.S., make sure file and printer

sharing is enabled in THEIR firewall (or LAN allowed, depending on how their

Exceptions are worded in their Firewall)

 

1st thing to do is make sure that the Workgroup Name of ALL the computers is

the SAME.

 

In Vista Network and Sharing:

 

Network Discovery: ON (So it can see the other computers)

 

Network set to Private (Public is for hotspots, airports, etc)

 

File Sharing: ON

 

Public Folder Sharing: ON (Vista’s Public Folder is the same as XP’s Shared

Docs)

 

Password Protected: OFF (unless you want to set up identical usernames and

passwords on ALL computers in your Network) If you have it ON, and no

identical usernames/passwords, you will be asked for a username and password

when you try to access a Vista computer from an XP computer, or a Vista

computer.

 

Also, run the XP’s Home or Small Office Network File and Printer Sharing

Wizard, even if you had an XP Network set up prior to adding a Vista computer

to it(redoing the Wizard seems to work for XP machines!).

 

In “My Network Placesâ€Â: “Set up a Home or Small Office Networkâ€Â

OR under Accessories > Communications > Network Setup Wizard > Allow File

and Printer Sharing.

 

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Mad Mike

 

 

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

<span style="color:blue">

> [[Forwarded to Vista Networking & Security newsgroups via crosspost]]

>

> Windows Live OneCare Forums

> http://forums.microsoft.com/windowsonecare...t.aspx?siteid=2

> --

> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net

> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

>

> royalbones wrote:<span style="color:green">

> > I am running Vista Home Premium (32-bit) SP1 and Live One Care AV.

> > I really like the new operating system but I really do not need and/or

> > like all the security Vista hace forced on me. At I coule turn it off in

> > XP.

> >

> > How can I get my 5 computers (3 on XP sp3, and 2 on (same as above)

> > so that I can access files, via my home wireless network, freely using

> > windows explorer like i can between my XP computers?

> > Currently I have to logon with a user name and password ( I think I got

> > passed this..)

> > but now, for example, when I can see "documents" listed for the computer

> > I

> > am trying to access and I click on it, It tells me I can't and suggests

> > something about permissions, which I've checked and to my knowledge it

> > looks

> > like the permissions for "documents" is set to full control.....

> >

> > Anyway...

> > i just read something suggesting Live One Care may be the problem...

> > but I can't imagine that's all of it...

> >

> > Anybody as anti-security as I am? </span>

>

> </span>