Make sure the "workgroup" names are the same. I think the default for vista is WORKGROUP.


You can change it on your Touchsmart by right clicking on "my computer" and selecting properties. In the properties menu, scroll down until you see computer name, domain and workgroup settings. To the right of that you will see a "change settings" link. After clicking on it select continue.
Next you will see a 5 tabbed dialog box with the first tab active. Click on "change" and in the next window you can change the workgroup name to whatever you want. You will have to use the same workgroup name as on your mac, but since I don't know much about apples, you are on your own with that.

David

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Thanks Geektieguy...a basic troubleshooting tip that I missed. :-)

To change those settings, right click on the "Network" icon (if its not on your desktop, you can go to the start button to open the start menu then right click on "network" in the start menu)
once in the network and sharing center, you can turn network discovery, file sharing, printer sharing, etc on. You will also want to make sure that you have a private network and password protecetd sharing is on (my own preference)

David

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