Disabling third party firewalls doesn't always absolutely positively guarantee that
they are not affecting the situation.
The XP and Vista firewall are integral to the OS so they automatically set themselves
when you turn on or turn off file and/or printer sharing.
Some AV programs have a rudimentary firewall.
It helps to install the XP Network Responder:
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/409fb2fa-8eb8-45af-b063-4f50f5a77b291033.mspx?mfr=true
Written in response to:
networking (Steve: Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 10:53 pm)
Responses to this message:
re: networking (David Lombard: Friday, July 6, 2007 at 9:08 am)