Re: Can't network a winxp home and pro box

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 08/04/04 

Date: 4 Aug 2004 15:39:09 -0500

On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 12:19:03 -0700, garcea <garcea@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Ok this is my problem
>My gateway is running xp home and the computer i want to connect to the internet is running xp pro. I ran the networking wizard on both computers and it runs without a hitch, however, as soon as i try to surf the internet on the xp pro computer it can't detect the proxy settings. Also, I can't access the shared folder on either computer because an error message pops up saying that i don't have permission to use this network resource.
>If you could help that would be great.

Re the internet access issue:

Is the gateway computer running Internet Connection Sharing? Did you setup the
XP Pro computer as "This computer connects thru a gateway or another computer"?
If so, the XP Pro computer won't use a proxy - it connects directly to the
internet (thru a gateway).

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer, so we can verify the
appropriate internet settings for the XP Pro 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.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Re the file sharing issue:

On the XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Home
and Pro on the same LAN, you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.
Probably best to enable SFS.

With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel
- Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.

And make sure that the Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User
Manager (Start - Run - "lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

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

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