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  • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:05 PMDima.Zev Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    we trying to play Lan Game.
    1. Xp Maching starts hosting
    2. other xp machines succeed to connect.
    3. each Vista machine  failed on get list of Hosts, list always empty.
    4. the only way that i found that only one vista pc can play as Host . 

    Thanks
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  • Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:24 AMZack - Support Engineer Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello Dima.Zev,

    Thank you for posting.  I have addidtional information for you.  You will have to allow the game to have access to the Vista computer in the firewall settings.  This is even if you decide to disable the firewall.  I had the same problem doing a LAN session of NFS: Most Wanted and solved it this way.

    Pleae let me know if this helps you.
    Zack
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  • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 8:45 PMDaGreenOne Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    What game?

    Are all of the computers part of a Workgroup?
    Are all computers part of the same Network ID, example.. 192.168.1.x ?

    This sounds like a Firewall issue?!?!
     
  • Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:35 PMDima.Zev Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Games we try:
    1. Soldier of fortune 2 
    2. Unreal Tournament 2003
     Network i suppose ok ,we have pings   i also tried  to disable firewall,antivirus  at Vista. 
     Yes we in the same lan  , i also have good ping  from Vista  to Host (XP). 



     
  • Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:38 PMGloria - Support Engineer Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Dima.Zev,
    Let's try some things and have you report the results back to us so we can better assist you.

    What kind of error message do you get when you try to connect to the existing XP hosted game if any?
    When not playing a game can you see the XP computers from the Vista PC in the Network & Sharing Center in Control Panel?  Is Network Discovery turned on?  Can the XP host share files on the Vista PC?  Do all the PC's have the same workgroup name?

    Check these things and let us know.

    Thanks,
    Gloria
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  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:09 AMDima.Zev Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    1.What kind of error message do you get when you try to connect to the existing XP hosted game if any?
    No any error mesages.Simply when i trying to get server list is always empty despite Xp pc.
    2."When not playing a game can you see the XP computers from the Vista PC in the Network & Sharing Center in Control Panel? Is Network Discovery turned on"-
    yes i see all oher computer in Network Window.
    3. " Can the XP host share files on the Vista PC?"
    yes it works i checked all computers see my(Vista) files  and also i able to see shared files by other XP machines
    4."Do all the PC's have the same workgroup name?"
    yes at same domain.

     
     
  • Wednesday, May 27, 2009 10:41 PMKevin - Support EngineerMSFT, ModeratorUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    Hi Dima.Zev,

    Is your system 32 bit or 64 bit?
    Have you try turn off the firewall on the router yet?  You might need to do some port forwarding in order for it to work.  You will need to consult your manual or the game publisher to see which port you will need to enable in order for your game to work properly over the network.

    Looking forward to hear from you,
    Kevin
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  • Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:24 AMZack - Support Engineer Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
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    Hello Dima.Zev,

    Thank you for posting.  I have addidtional information for you.  You will have to allow the game to have access to the Vista computer in the firewall settings.  This is even if you decide to disable the firewall.  I had the same problem doing a LAN session of NFS: Most Wanted and solved it this way.

    Pleae let me know if this helps you.
    Zack
    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.
     
  • Thursday, July 02, 2009 3:21 PMDima.Zev Users MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers MedalsUsers Medals
     
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    no it does not help