Re: Connectivity between Win2000 and WinXP

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From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: 17 Sep 2004 16:28:09 -0500

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:03:32 -0700, "shino"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I am trying to add xp home laptop to my win2k LAN for just
>sharing files and having problem.
>Shown below is what I got from pinning each other, would
>you please suggest what I do from here.

<SNIP>

>I am not pro ofcourse but set up win2k LAN by myself, it
>is working quite a while. I recall last time I quit to LAN
>my old win98 laptop to this win2k workgroup...

Shino,

You've got a name resolution problem somewhere, and maybe a physical
connectivity problem.

How are the two connected, physically? Are there other computers on the LAN?

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.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

Try the following sequence of three commands, run from both computers:
1) "nbtstat -r"
2) "nbtstat -R"
3) "nbtstat -r"

Do commands #1 and #3 return any difference?

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

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