Re: Networking 2 XP Pro systems w/ crossover cable

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 06/20/04 

Date: 20 Jun 2004 12:43:09 -0500

On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:30:02 -0500, "Bill" <wdotsmith155atverizondotnet> wrote:

>Thanks for the tip chuck, that has helped somewhat. I have opened the ports
>you suggested for NIS on computer B and the browser service is started and
>running on both machines. I have most functionality now, however I still
>have a problem with computer A...anytime I go to my network places and click
>view workgroup computers, I get the same message as before basically atating
>that the account is not authorized to log in from this station. In the local
>security policies I have the sharing and security model set to classic and
>as I mentioned before I have 2 user accounts on each machine with the same
>name and password. I may have some setting on B changed to not allow this,
>but I'm not sure as these machines are normally standalone workstations and
>I think I remember a setting having to do with this, but I'm really not
>sure. Once again any help is appreciated. TIA

Bill,

You say "...that has helped somewhat". With which problem? And can you please
describe the problem remaining in more detail?

You say you have 2 accounts with identical passwords (identical in case
sensitivity right?)? Are both accounts active on both computers? Have you
tried to use both accounts from computer A?

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Are both computers running XP Pro?

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

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