Re: XP AND 2000

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This network does not make any sense. It looks like 3 or 4 people just kept
adding to it in clumps and none of them really had a plan.

<<The Windows 2000 PC can see some of the other PCs >>

The reason they may not see all of them can be a variety of reasons. One is
that the others may be off. The others are how they are retrieving the list
of names, DNS, Wins, broadcasts, different subnets, etc. There can be a lot
of reasons. To make sure you do see them all they should all be in the same
workgroup or Domain (not just same name).

<< Can't Ping the XP machines >>

The XP machines probably have the Windows Firewall on

<<Can see some share>>

Share security is not set up properly. They could be setup to allow
"Everyone"




"jeffuk123" <jeffuk123@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AD40C97A-74C0-45EC-A207-6BA6BCFDC8AE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello to everyone,

This is just a general question really.

I came across a network setup with the following:-

. NT4 Server
. Windows XP machines
. Windows 2000 PC
. Windows 98 Machines

Basically, all PCs except the Windows 2000 machine are on the domain. The
Windows 2000 PC is on a workgroup, the same name as the domain.

Lets assume, the following:-

. Windows XP machine = XP-A (domain)
. Windows XP machine =XP-B (domain)
. Windows 2000 = 2000-C (workgroup)

My questions really are:-

1. The Windows 2000 PC can see some of the other PCs in 'my network places'
but not all of them. All other PCs are on a domain. Is this because some
of
the other PCs are turned off or can this still happen?

2. Also, all PCs from the XP machines can be seen in 'my network places'
but
none of them can be pinged!!!

3. When XP-A tries to access resources on XP-B in 'my network places' all
is
fine. When XP-B tries to access resources on XP-A in 'my network places'
it
throws up a a username and password box. The username is greyed out with a
guest account.

4. Finally, why is it that even when a PC is not on a domain i.e. on a
workgroup, it can still view resources on the domain. I thought the whole
point of a domain was security etc and authentication. This confuses me.

Many thanks to all who take their time to answer and view my questions,
Jeff




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