How To Enable Peer-to-peer Networking On Vista

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Aug 26, 2013 Peer to Peer network error. Windows Vista Networking please continue to enable NetBIOS.

  1. How To Enable Peer-to-peer Networking
  2. Client/server Networking

How To Enable Peer-to-peer Networking

Peer-to-peer messaging services are a feature of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Such services are created using the in code, or the in a configuration file. The peer-to-peer message model depends on the presence of a resolver. The resolver registers participants in a mesh, and functions as a central point for all messaging operations. You can create a custom resolver (see ), or use the Windows peer-to-peer resolver. To use the Windows resolver on, you must install it. To install the Windows peer-to-peer resolver on Windows XP Service Pack 2.

On the Start menu, click Control Panel. Click Add or Remove Programs. Click Add a Program. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. In the Windows Components Wizard, check the Networking Services box and click Details. In the Networking Services dialog window, check the Peer-to-Peer box. Click Next to install the component.

Click Finish to complete the installation.

Client/server Networking

I've just upgraded a small business from Win XP and Office 2000 to Vista and Office 2007. They have three Vista machines (a Home Premium laptop and two Vista Ultimate PCs) networked peer-to-peer with a shared folder on one of the PCs containing various Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, etc.

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When the user on the PC with the shared folder has a spreadsheet open and the user on the other PC tries to open it, Excel locks up and they get the following Vista error: Description: A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows. Hello, Thank you for using newsgroup! From your post, it seems to be an Excel event error. Our Office engineer will follow your issue.

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