Finder Shares Disappear

[DocPierce]

Hoping someone can help ---

I have a MacBook Pro networked with 2 Win Vista machines and 1 XP machine .. for no good reason that I can find, the Vista machines will "disappear" from options under the Shared heading in the finder pane. I have played with all sorts of settings on the Vista machines making sure they are not powering off the network card, etc, etc. Still, I can't make headway -- any "miracle cures" would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

 

[tsice19]

Hoping someone can help ---

I have a MacBook Pro networked with 2 Win Vista machines and 1 XP machine .. for no good reason that I can find, the Vista machines will "disappear" from options under the Shared heading in the finder pane. I have played with all sorts of settings on the Vista machines making sure they are not powering off the network card, etc, etc. Still, I can't make headway -- any "miracle cures" would be greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

The shares in Finder are horrible hit or miss. First thing, try shutting off all firewalls and see if that helps. If not, PM or reply and I'll help you from there.