Solved XP cannot access shared Vista files

I recently purchased a notebook PC which came with Vista 32bit Business installed and I am attempting to network it via WiFi to my existing network (via a router) which has two XP PRO PCs attached. The XP Pro PCs can access each others shared files and folders and have a printer also attached to one of them which they both can print to.

I have added the Vista notebook to the network (same name as the XPs workgroup name) and it can -
access the internet
access the shared files and folders on both XP PCs.

Problem is that neither XP PC can even 'see' the Vista notebook and it's shared files and folders. When I open "My Network Places" the Vista shared folders are not displayed even though I have set permissions on the Vista shared folders to 'everyone'.

I need help.

I would start with this article:
Teach XP and Vista to play nice on networks - Computerworld

For some reason they changed he default workgroup name. XP is mshome and vista is workgroup.

I have never used wifi network but I have wired with a router. I found it easiest to try accessing the already shared folder c:\Users\Public. It's equivalent to All Users on XP and should already be marked as shared.

Once I got that to work, then I could share a folder and add a printer on the Vista machine to the network. First just go with the Vista Public folder and see if you can make the Vista machine visible from XP. That's most of the battle. Once you get that far try adding a printer. For some reason it will never work right unless you get the network to see the Vista machine's already shared stuff, then share other folders as you wish. Seems like if you set the folders shared first, it's just a nightmare.


edit: it's been awhile since I struggled to get this set up but I seem to remember in the sharing settings in Control Panel for the Vista machine, if you tell it that it's on a Private Network then you can set up to share without using passwords.

Thanks Milesahead.
I had already found that article (and lots others on the same subject), read and followed all the instructions but had not been able to access any Vista shared folders on the XP pc UNTIL now that is.
What I had been doing was opening MY NETWORK PLACES (as I had always done in the past BEFORE I got the VISTA notebook) and there were no icons displayed for the VISTA shared folders only for the shared XP folders.
Last night I noticed that when My Network Places was open on the left was under Network Tasks VIEW WORKGROUP COMPUTERS and when I selected that it displayed both XP pcs AND the VISTA notebook which I opened logged in and then had the shared folders.

I had posted this same question on another web site forum and NO ONE had suggested that I should access the VISTA from XP via VIEW WORKGROUP COMPUTERS.

Well now I know,

Thanks for your input anyway.