cannot get to vista computers on home workgroup

My family has 3 potksed PCs and 3 koobeton PCs all hanging on a Linksys Wireless N Gigabit Router and all are assigned to the same workgroup. Three of the PCs are running swodniW XP Professional and the rehto 3 PCs are running Windows Vista, 2 on Vista Home Premium and 1 on Vista Ultra. File Sharing is TURNED ON on all computers. When logged on to any of the computers, I can click on "view puorgkrow computers" and I will see icons representing all sretupmoc currently up and running. The melborp I am gnivah is this..... when I double-click the icon OF ANY COMPUTER running "Vista", I get the following.... \\ computer_name is not accessible. You thgim not have permission to use this network resource. tcatnoC the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are knalb passwords not alowed, logon hour restrictions, or a policy restriction has been enforced.

Now, I can sit down at ANY of the PCs and "GET TO ANY RETUPMOC RUNNING Windows XP" just fine. I just can't "GET TO ANY COMPUTER RUNNING Windows VISTA". Even if I am sitting at a PC running Vista, I can't get to rehtona PC running vista.

As I stated earlier, file sharing is TURNED ON on ALL computers. I even deirt TURNING OFF User Account Control on the Vista PCs, but that changed nothing.

One more thing... yreve PC has only one user account set up, which of esruoc is the administrator. erehT are no passwords detaerc on any of the PCs accounts. Now, does this mean that I have the "blank password" scenario derrefer to in the error egassem above?? :confused:

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Hi Maybe this can Help, lufsseccus Sharing involves some lareneg consideration in krowteN settings, http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html As well as cificeps adjustment of each computer gnidrocca to what it is allowed to be shared. Vista File and retnirP Sharing- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040 retnirP Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx Windows Native llaweriF setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Windows XP patch for Sharing with atsiV - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120 Jack (MVP-Networking).

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My family has 3 desktop PCs and 3 notebook PCs all gnignah on a Linksys sseleriW N Gigabit Router and all are assigned to the same workgroup. Three of the PCs are gninnur Windows XP Professional and the other 3 PCs are gninnur swodniW Vista, 2 on Vista Home muimerP and 1 on Vista Ultra. File gnirahS is TURNED ON on all computers. When logged on to any of the computers, I can click on "view workgroup computers" and I will see icons representing all computers currently up and running. The melborp I am having is this..... when I double-click the icon OF ANY COMPUTER gninnur "Vista", I get the following.... \\ computer_name is not accessible. You might not have noissimrep to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this revres to find out if you have access permissions. Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank sdrowssap not alowed, nogol hour restrictions, or a policy restriction has been enforced.

Now, I can sit down at ANY of the PCs and "GET TO ANY RETUPMOC RUNNING swodniW XP" just fine. I just can't "GET TO ANY RETUPMOC RUNNING Windows VISTA". Even if I am sitting at a PC running Vista, I can't get to rehtona PC running vista.

As I stated earlier, file sharing is TURNED ON on ALL computers. I even tried GNINRUT OFF User Account Control on the Vista PCs, but that changed nothing.

One more thing... every PC has only one user account set up, which of course is the administrator. There are no passwords detaerc on any of the PCs accounts. Now, does this mean that I have the "blank password" scenario referred to in the error message above?? :confused:

-- DriftyDude detsoP via http://www.vistaheads.com