Windows Vista and XP on LAN

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matav

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k. k. after a long time i'm here to ask a question.
Well, i put my Desktop Computer and my Laptop on a LAN
My Laptop has Windows VISTA running and my desktop computer has Windows XP SP2 running.
For XP & VISTA, i've set the static IP's to 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 respectively.
Now i do a ping from XP to VISTA and XP receives the reply
But, when i ping from VISTA to XP, i get no reply whatsoever.
So now, i stop & disable my firewall service from Services.msc in XP.
Now i do one more ping from VISTA to XP and i get obviously get the reply.
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BUT, what my problem is, is very specific.
Can anyone tell me what [in the Windows XP SP2 firewall settings] was actually blocking VISTA from pinging XP?
Cauz i don't really want to disable my windows firewall, i will just put the above reason into the exception list of the firewall so i can ping from VISTA as well as have a live firewall for my Windows XP SP2.
 
well... that is just another way of accessing it from control panel.
That's not my issue, i want to know exactly what is preventing a VISTA computer from pinging an XP computer cauz when i hook 2 XP's on same LAN, i don't get the same issue. It pings either computer without disabling the firewall service.
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ok... fine, gone to exceptions tab. But now what must i specify here for exception?
in other words...
What must i specify in the exception list to allow my Laptop [running VISTA] to ping Desktop PC [running XP]?
 
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