Vista Ping 2003 Server

This is the weirdest thing we have Windows XP clients on our switch and they
can all connect to the 2003 Server on the same switch. However, the one
Windows Vista desktop that we have cannot connect to the server. We have
tried everything imaginable to get this to work including.

- Changing the IP address
- Rejoining th domain
- Disabling the client firewall
- Renaming the PC

None of these seem to work. Anyone know of a special Vista setting we may
have missed here. This shouldn't be this hard.

"shauncarter1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A59EE744-3988-47C9-B682-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is the weirdest thing we have Windows XP clients on our switch and
> they
> can all connect to the 2003 Server on the same switch. However, the one
> Windows Vista desktop that we have cannot connect to the server. We have
> tried everything imaginable to get this to work including.
>
> - Changing the IP address
> - Rejoining th domain
> - Disabling the client firewall
> - Renaming the PC
>
> None of these seem to work. Anyone know of a special Vista setting we may
> have missed here. This shouldn't be this hard.

It wasn't a problem for me at all (not that much help I know, other than to
confim that it shouldn't be that difficult).

Right. You say you've joined the domain? Is the W2003 server a/the DC?
Because if it is then obviously it can talk to it at one level.

What exactly is happening? *can* you ping from the vista client to the
server? What about going from the server and connecting to the client, does
that work?

Not trying to be rude, I suspect you've already gone through these but...
You *have* double and triple checked things like subnet mask, DNS settings,
ensured DNS has correct data for the workstation, etc? What happens if you
'swap' IP address info between the vista workstation and a working XP
workstation?

shauncarter1 wrote:
> This is the weirdest thing we have Windows XP clients on our switch
> and they can all connect to the 2003 Server on the same switch.
> However, the one Windows Vista desktop that we have cannot connect to
> the server. We have tried everything imaginable to get this to work
> including.
>
> - Changing the IP address
> - Rejoining th domain
> - Disabling the client firewall
> - Renaming the PC
>
> None of these seem to work. Anyone know of a special Vista setting
> we may have missed here. This shouldn't be this hard.

It might be worth disabling IPv6 on the Vista client ...

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LSR

Also check the Network Location Type. This how to may help,

Understand Network Location Types
http://www.howtonetworking.com/vista/networktype.htm

Bob Lin, MS-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
"LSR" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
shauncarter1 wrote:
> This is the weirdest thing we have Windows XP clients on our switch
> and they can all connect to the 2003 Server on the same switch.
> However, the one Windows Vista desktop that we have cannot connect to
> the server. We have tried everything imaginable to get this to work
> including.
>
> - Changing the IP address
> - Rejoining th domain
> - Disabling the client firewall
> - Renaming the PC
>
> None of these seem to work. Anyone know of a special Vista setting
> we may have missed here. This shouldn't be this hard.

It might be worth disabling IPv6 on the Vista client ...

--
LSR

In news:A59EE744-3988-47C9-B682-(E-Mail Removed),
shauncarter1 <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> This is the weirdest thing we have Windows XP clients on our switch
> and they can all connect to the 2003 Server on the same switch.
> However, the one Windows Vista desktop that we have cannot connect to
> the server. We have tried everything imaginable to get this to work
> including.
>
> - Changing the IP address
> - Rejoining th domain
> - Disabling the client firewall
> - Renaming the PC
>
> None of these seem to work. Anyone know of a special Vista setting
> we may have missed here. This shouldn't be this hard.

Is the server SP2? Is it just the Vista machine? There's a known issue with
2003 SP2 and Vista.


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Regards,
Ace

Innovative IT Concepts, Inc (IITCI)
Willow Grove, PA

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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT, MVP
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer

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