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From: jmparsons3 on 12 Dec 2009 15:06 I have installed Win7 into a fresh partition on my laptop. Much of the time I am no longer able to see h XP machines on my office wireless network; I may be able to see them in the morning, but then they will mysteriously disappear. I can boot into the Vista partition on the same laptop and everything is fine. I understand that this is a common compatibility problem with Win 7. It seems that it's related to "Link Layer Topology Discovery" and there is a fix on the Microsoft download site (http:// www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en). Before I install this on the XP machines, can anyone tell me whether there is any other fix besides this? Thanks, Joe Parsons
From: Bob Lin (MS-MVP) on 12 Dec 2009 16:57 Yes, please install LLTD first. It could 3 rd party security software too. This post may help too: Windows Vista or 7 doesn't display Windows XP - http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8494&p=13473#p13473 -- Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "jmparsons3" <jmparsons3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:839e951d-e080-4c83-878b-0002132741ea(a)m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com... >I have installed Win7 into a fresh partition on my laptop. Much of the > time I am no longer able to see h XP machines on my office wireless > network; I may be able to see them in the morning, but then they will > mysteriously disappear. > > I can boot into the Vista partition on the same laptop and everything > is fine. > > I understand that this is a common compatibility problem with Win 7. > > It seems that it's related to "Link Layer Topology Discovery" and > there is a fix on the Microsoft download site (http:// > www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en). > Before I install this on the XP machines, can anyone tell me whether > there is any other fix besides this? > > Thanks, > Joe Parsons
From: jmparsons3 on 13 Dec 2009 12:25 On Dec 12, 1:57 pm, "Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\)" <nore...(a)chicagotech.net> wrote: > Yes, please install LLTD first. It could 3 rd party security software too.. > This post may help too: Windows Vista or 7 doesn't display Windows XP -http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8494&p=13473.... > > -- > Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com > > "jmparsons3" <jmparso...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:839e951d-e080-4c83-878b-0002132741ea(a)m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I have installed Win7 into a fresh partition on my laptop. Much of the > > time I am no longer able to see h XP machines on my office wireless > > network; I may be able to see them in the morning, but then they will > > mysteriously disappear. > > > I can boot into the Vista partition on the same laptop and everything > > is fine. > > > I understand that this is a common compatibility problem with Win 7. > > > It seems that it's related to "Link Layer Topology Discovery" and > > there is a fix on the Microsoft download site (http:// > >www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-....). > > Before I install this on the XP machines, can anyone tell me whether > > there is any other fix besides this? > > > Thanks, > > Joe Parsons- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - It looks like that did the trick. There are two different patches available--one for XP SP2 and another for XP SP3. Both seem to work okay; when I installed them on the XP machines.both miraculously appeared on my Win 7 machine. Thanks for your responses. Joe Parsons
From: Bob Lin (MS-MVP) on 13 Dec 2009 21:58
thank you for the feedback. -- Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "jmparsons3" <jmparsons3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:8cc850f9-3bd7-408f-bff6-5502b75365a0(a)e4g2000prn.googlegroups.com... On Dec 12, 1:57 pm, "Bob Lin \(MS-MVP\)" <nore...(a)chicagotech.net> wrote: > Yes, please install LLTD first. It could 3 rd party security software too. > This post may help too: Windows Vista or 7 doesn't display Windows > XP -http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8494&p=13473... > > -- > Bob Lin, Microsoft-MVP, MCSE & CNE > Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting > onhttp://www.ChicagoTech.net > How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access > onhttp://www.HowToNetworking.com > > "jmparsons3" <jmparso...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > news:839e951d-e080-4c83-878b-0002132741ea(a)m7g2000prd.googlegroups.com... > > > > >I have installed Win7 into a fresh partition on my laptop. Much of the > > time I am no longer able to see h XP machines on my office wireless > > network; I may be able to see them in the morning, but then they will > > mysteriously disappear. > > > I can boot into the Vista partition on the same laptop and everything > > is fine. > > > I understand that this is a common compatibility problem with Win 7. > > > It seems that it's related to "Link Layer Topology Discovery" and > > there is a fix on the Microsoft download site (http:// > >www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-...). > > Before I install this on the XP machines, can anyone tell me whether > > there is any other fix besides this? > > > Thanks, > > Joe Parsons- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - It looks like that did the trick. There are two different patches available--one for XP SP2 and another for XP SP3. Both seem to work okay; when I installed them on the XP machines.both miraculously appeared on my Win 7 machine. Thanks for your responses. Joe Parsons |