Re: Continue previous conversation: "Nepatsfan".

Glad to hear it. Thanks for letting us know your problem is
fixed.

Nepatsfan

In news:bKadna_xPJBVpmHYnZ2dnUVZ_sudnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Don J <dej8801@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Congratulations! This solved it. I am now up and moving
files from
the XP to the W2k.


Don J

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"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:esgwYQMaHHA.4888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Go to Start -> Run and enter \\192.168.1.101 in the Open
box. Click
OK. Hopefully, you'll see a window with all of the shared
resources
on your W2K system.

Nepatsfan

In news:-O2dnWZPQOGRgmHYnZ2dnUVZ_uGjnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Don J <dej8801@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Third question! How do I 'see' the shared folder on the
W2K system
from the XP system?


Don J

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"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OOGVtIDaHHA.3520@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
First off, check your clock. Make sure it's set for the
correct
time zone. Your posts are showing up time stamped three
hours in
the future. Next, if you're using Comcast's new server,
the XP
Networking newsgroup should be available. Click on this
link and
see if it gets added it to your newsgroup list.

news:microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

If that doesn't work, you can access it through the
Microsoft news
server. Click on this link.

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

Follow the prompts to download the newsgroup list. I would
suggest
you post your original question to that newsgroup along
with what
you've done since. The more information you include the
better
chance you have of getting your problem resolved.

Now, back to your problem. I take it that the shared
folder on the
Windows 2000 system did not show up in My Network Places
on your XP
machine? The information you enter in the Run dialog
should be in
this format,
\\ComputerName\FolderName where you substitute the actual
name of
the Windows 2000 system and the actual name of the shared
folder.
For example, let's say your Windows 2000 computer is named
DonJ and
you've shared a folder on that computer named Music. You
would then
enter \\DonJ\Music in the Open box. Keep in mind that the
computer
name you should be entering is available by right clicking
My
Computer -> Properties -> Network Identification page ->
Full
computer name. One important item I left out of my
response last
night concerned
Firewalls. If you are running any sort of firewall program
(Zone
Alarm, Norton, McAfee, etc.) on your Windows 2000 system,
you will
have to configure it to allow file sharing on the local
network.

If you're still unable to access your W2K system, it's
time to
break out the command line tools.

Start on your W2K system and do the following.
Go to Start -> Run and enter cmd.exe in the Open box.
Click OK.
In the command prompt window, enter the following.

ipconfig /all

In the resulting output, look for a line titled IP
Address. Copy
the numbers displayed to the right. They should be
something like
192.168.X.XXX. Also make note of the hostname entry.

Back on your XP system, open a command prompt window
(Start ->
Run -cmd.exe) and enter the following command,
substituting the
correct numbers for the X's.

ping 192.168.X.XXX

Hopefully, you get four replies with no lost packets.

If that works, enter this command substituting the
information you
recorded earlier for hostname.

ping hostname

Once again, hopefully you get four replies with no lost
packets.

Let me know the results of these tests and we will go from
there.

Good luck

Nepatsfan

In news:xuKdndaND6NytGbYnZ2dnUVZ_oqmnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Don J <dej8801@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Guess our postings have been timed out. But your
comments have
been very useful.
I don't find an "XP Networking" newsgroup on my server.
What
server are you using?

To continue the previous conversation here are my
comments:

I've entered: \\W2k-ComputerName\W2k-SharedFolder in the
Run
Dialog Box on the XP machine, but get a "The network path
was not
found." error message. I've got the machines connected
through a
router which is in turn connected to a modem. I am
successfully
using Internet Explorer on both machines to look at the
Internet.
What have I done wrong?
Don J

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From: "Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: How to transfer files between computers?
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 8:36 PM

In news:gvadnZ8vfKWcdWTYnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Don J <dej8801@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do I transfer some files from a Windows XP system
to a
Windows
2000 system? The systems are connected to a Lynksys
Router
through a
pair of RJ45 (or is it RJ47?) cables.

Don J

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The first thing you're going to have to do is create an
account
on the W2K system that matches one on the XP machine.
Same user
name, password and account status (e.g. both can be
administrators). To create a new account in W2K, right
click My
Computer and select Manage from the menu. In the left
hand pane
of Computer Management, double click on Local Users and
Groups.
Right click on the Users folder and select New User from
the
menu. In the New User dialog, enter a User name and
password
that matches one on the XP machine. Uncheck "User must
change
password at next logon". Check "Password never expires".
Hit
the Create button. Log on at least once with this new
user
account.

As has been pointed out, it helps if both computers are
in the
same workgroup. On the W2K system, right click on My
Computer
and select Properties from the menu. Click on the
Network
Identification tab. Hit the Properties button. The
default for
W2K is WORKGROUP. Change this to match your XP system
which by
default is a member of the MSHOME workgroup. If you've
changed
it on your XP machine, enter the correct workgroup name.

On the W2K system, create a folder to store the
transferred
files. Right click on the folder and select Properties
from the
menu. Click on the Sharing tab. Select "Share this
folder". Hit
the permissions button. I believe the default is
Everyone ->
Full Control. That should get the job done.

Reboot your XP computer. Go to My Network Places.
Hopefully,
the folder you created on the W2K computer will appear
in the
window. You can now open it and make the transfer.

If the folder doesn't show up in My Network Places on
the XP
computer try this; Hit the Windows key and the R key at
the
same time to bring up the Run box. Enter \\W2K\Folder in
the
open box but substitute the name of your other computer
and its
shared folder. Hit OK.

Finally, if you haven't done so already you might want
to post
your question in the XP Networking newsgroup. It should
be
available on your news server.

microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

Good luck

Nepatsfan



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