joining existing windows xp network

I am running Windows Vista Build 5456 and am having a great deal of difficulty joining my existing home network. I can access the internet and can "see" and access the router but am unable to access the other computers on my network and the other computers cannot access the Vista computer.
I looked for a networking wizard (like the one in XP) but could not find it. I tried resetting all of my other computers network settings (no luck). I have tried everything I can think of and still cannot access the rest of my network (including a networked printer connected to another computer).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Henry Bransford

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"hbransford@gmail.com.DONOTSPAM" wrote in message

I am running Windows Vista Build 5456 and am having a great deal of difficulty joining my existing home network. I can access the internet and can "see" and access the router but am unable to access the other computers on my network and the other computers cannot access the Vista computer.
I looked for a networking wizard (like the one in XP) but could not find it. I tried resetting all of my other computers network settings (no luck). I have tried everything I can think of and still cannot access the rest of my network (including a networked printer connected to another computer).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Henry Bransford

If you are running 5456 then you are in the TechBeta (better be or you got 5456 improperly) and should be posting this to a newsgroup on the betanews.microsoft.com servers. The folks here are still running 5384 and some of them are mighty sensitive about not having access to 5456.
"hbransford@gmail.com.DONOTSPAM" wrote in message

I am running Windows Vista Build 5456 and am having a great deal of difficulty joining my existing home network. I can access the internet and can "see" and access the router but am unable to access the other computers on my network and the other computers cannot access the Vista computer.
I looked for a networking wizard (like the one in XP) but could not find it. I tried resetting all of my other computers network settings (no luck). I have tried everything I can think of and still cannot access the rest of my network (including a networked printer connected to another computer).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Henry Bransford

Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote in message

If you are running 5456 then you are in the TechBeta (better be or you got 5456 improperly) and should be posting this to a newsgroup on the betanews.microsoft.com servers. The folks here are still running 5384 and some of them are mighty sensitive about not having access to 5456.
"hbransford@gmail.com.DONOTSPAM" hbransford@gmail.com.DONOTSPAM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message I am running Windows Vista Build 5456 and am having a great deal of difficulty joining my existing home network. I can access the internet and can "see" and access the router but am unable to access the other computers on my network and the other computers cannot access the Vista computer.
I looked for a networking wizard (like the one in XP) but could not find it. I tried resetting all of my other computers network settings (no luck). I have tried everything I can think of and still cannot access the rest of my network (including a networked printer connected to another computer).
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Henry Bransford

Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

Did someone just yank the football away from you right as you were kicking it?
- JB

Mario's just a sensitive guy.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote in message

Aaaaaaaaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Did someone just yank the football away from you right as you were kicking it?
- JB