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Make XP computers show up in Vista's Network Map
Published 3/6/2007 in Windows Vista Software Tweaks by Steve Sinchak with 40,343 views

The new Network Map in Windows Vista allows you to easily create a map of all computers on your network and see how they are connected.  This works by using the Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) protocol that is only part of Windows Vista. 

To help users of mixed environments of both Windows Vista and Windows XP, Microsoft has released the Link Layer Topology Discovery Responder for Windows XP.  This will make your Windows XP computers show up in the Network Map in Windows Vista.

This package contains the Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) responder. The network map on a computer running Windows Vista shows a graphical view of the computers and devices on your network and how they are connected by using the LLTD protocol. The LLTD responder must be installed on a computer running Windows XP before it can be detected and appear on the network map. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Click here to download the update for Windows XP SP2

 
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Kenneth Bush
The MS update works for XP machines which have not been updated to SP3. If one tries to install the update on an XP SP3 machine, one gets an error message that the update is older than the files installed on the machine. But LLTR is still not available as a protocol. There's a way to install the LLTR components manually, which is the only way to get an XP SP3 machine to be seen on a Vista machine.
335 days ago
John Couch
There is a hotfix available by request at this page http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=922120. After you request it, microsft will send you an email link for the download. The email will have a password for the zip file you downloaded. Worked great on my XP SP 3 machine.
313 days ago
 
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