Re: networking XP home and pro

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From: Bob Cerelli (bobc_at_onecomputerguy.com)
Date: 04/10/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:52:11 -0700

Make sure you have the same user account and password on both computers.

Also, the default setting for XP Pro requires a password for network access.

Bob Cerelli
http://www.onecomputerguy.com

"in need of help" <jad7290@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1abbd01c41ece$21900780$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>I am trying to connect my two computers one has XP home
> the other has XP pro for the life of me the pro can some
> times conect to the home but the home can never conect,
> but it does normaly see the pro computer. The biggest
> problem is that until I "upgraded" to pro I had no
> problem networking them

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