I have a network setup where i can share files and printers will i still be
able to do this if my laptop is Windows Vista and dektop Windows XP?

Absolutely. Vista will happily let you map drives and printers.

In article <1172932722.537900.262650@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
S.SubZero says...[color=blue]
> Absolutely. Vista will happily let you map drives and printers.
>
>[/color]
In fact it actually works even better. Shared printers on a Vista
machine are automatically added to XP.

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until you hear them speak.........

Download Help wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a network setup where i can share files and printers will i still be
> able to do this if my laptop is Windows Vista and dektop Windows XP?[/color]

Yes.

File/Printer Sharing Vista -
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/technet/network/evaluate/vista_fp.mspx[/url]


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"Conor" wrote:
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> In article <1172932722.537900.262650@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
> S.SubZero says...[color=green]
> > Absolutely. Vista will happily let you map drives and printers.
> >
> >[/color]
> In fact it actually works even better. Shared printers on a Vista
> machine are automatically added to XP.
>
> --
> Conor
>
> Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
> until you hear them speak.........
>[/color]

Vista won't see many XP machines on the network map.
see [url]http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120/en-us[/url]

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> "Conor" wrote:[color=green]
>> In article <1172932722.537900.262650@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
>> S.SubZero says...[color=darkred]
>> > Absolutely. Vista will happily let you map drives and printers.[/color]
>> In fact it actually works even better. Shared printers on a Vista
>> machine are automatically added to XP.
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>> Conor[/color][/color]