Re: Win XP joining Win NT workgroup

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From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 02/20/04 

Date: 19 Feb 2004 20:55:10 -0600

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:02:42 -0800, "Peter"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Anyone know why I can't see the any computers or shared
>files on my XP machine when I connect it to my NT
>workgroup?

Peter,

Any personal firewall or ICF activated? Can you ping each from the
other?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

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