Can You network vista and Xp?

[VeNoMzRevenge]

I am tring to play a game with my GF via a network. I cannot setup one with her.
I have windows Vista home edition premeium and she has xp pro. I want to play a C&C game with her. Would you give me an idea how? Thanks. I will try whatever you suggest. We both have a wireless adaptor and i also have the cat-5 wire.

 

[S.SubZero]

The normal setup involves a switch, and the two computers are connected to it.

If you have no switch, you can use a "cross-over" ethernet cable. These are different than normal ethernet cables and are identified specifically as cross-overs.

I do not know enough about wireless, but there's a "ad hoc" setup you could also try.

 

[VeNoMzRevenge]

tried all of that, I don't know what I am doing wrong. I see that the computer is connected in the game but no one can join.

 

[S.SubZero]

There are firewall considerations. Vista's firewall is on by default and fairly restrictive. It should prompt you when an app requests to open a port.

 

[VeNoMzRevenge]

yeah i know, I did it with it off. still nothing. I am clueless.

 

[S.SubZero]

Are you getting a specific error?

I don't know C&C, so I don't know how it handles networking. It should be TCP/IP, and depending on how C&C's network setup works you may need to be on the same IP range. If it uses CD keys, it may require each person to have a unique key.

 

[johngalt]

I am tring to play a game with my GF via a network. I cannot setup one with her.
I have windows Vista home edition premeium and she has xp pro. I want to play a C&C game with her. Would you give me an idea how? Thanks. I will try whatever you suggest. We both have a wireless adaptor and i also have the cat-5 wire.

tried all of that, I don't know what I am doing wrong. I see that the computer is connected in the game but no one can join.

yeah i know, I did it with it off. still nothing. I am clueless.

No offense,. but you've provided no information other than the game and that you're on wireless. We don't know anything about your computer specifications, the workgroup both machines are on, the router / WAP manufacturer, the wireless cards in each computer, who is hosting the game or if you are attempting to both go online and play as a team, and when asked questions you say you tried all that and it didn't work without specifying *what* didn't work, what error messages you received, etc.

Remember, we cannot sit at your computer and see what is going on - so we need you to tell us what is going on.

 

[eejit]

hm i think his problem is that he cannot establish a network between the two devices, as in they may be connected to the network but they do not recognise each other or show each other up on the network,
i had this problem many times during my summer job as a call out guy for an it department in an office block... it was really annoying, there was different companies on each floor, with different networks(XP or vista) and i couldnt find a way to connect to the wireless network, needless to say i just installed XP and have a dual booting system on my laptop so that when i need to connect to an XP network i boot into XP and vice versa.
But thats how i solved the problem and but i am sure there must be another way, ill trall through the forums again to see if i can save me some HDD space!!!

 

[eejit]

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-networking-sharing/173675-windows-xp-vista-sharing-together.html

hmm this may help