And because the router was the device that was technically trying to access the Xp system, I used the router address.
I changed the name of the workgroup on the desktop server PC, the previously-working Dell laptop and the new Vaio.
I still can print from my laptop. However, when I look at network devices on the new Vaio, all I see is that Vaio itself. I see neither the desktop or the other laptop. On the Vaio, I turned off Norton firewall and enabled Windows firewall.
OK, FWIW:
I determined the IP addresses using Ipconfig. Interesting findings:
- the Vaio computer (the one with Vista) is able to ping the desktop computer (the one that has the printer the Vaio wants to use), i.e. I get replies
- however, the opposite doesn’t happen, i.e. the desktop computer, when it tries to ping the Vaio, gets “request timed out”
How significant is that?