I don't know if this should go to Vista or Games section, because it seems Vista's the culprit. Please redirect the post to PC Games if needed.

Nostalgic moments of going back to Age of Empires II. Too bad I cannot seem to play multiplayer LAN with my friends. I have no idea how to setup the settings on Vista

Currently I have 3 Windows XP PC/Laptops, 1 Vista. I have googled, read most of the tips and helps. But still no good. All my WinXP machines can connect fine. But not Vista.

Problems:
- WinXP created game. Vista can join, but ALL XP machines cannot receive information from Vista machine. So if they change group number, new civs or whatever, or click READY, XP machine doesn't register anything
- Vista created game. XP tries to join but hangs at the "Joining Game" screen. Have to press ESC to cancel.
- So problem is XP cannot receive information from Vista. Vista cannot seem to "access" XP either.


Tested:
- Set compatibility to Windows XP SP2
- Removed firewall
- Open up ports
- Disable UAC
- Installed LLTD in WinXP
- Disabled iPv6 and what not that's not in WinXP's network protocols
- Even regedit of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SYSTEM -> CONTROL -> LSA -> restrictanonymous (change value to 1)

I am really lost ....
Can someone help please? Thanks!

=) aDk

Oh, I am also using a Linksys router to connect all the PCs together...