Cannot ping in workgroup - help please

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From: Alex de Wit (AlexdeWit_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/07/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 09:34:04 -0800

Hello, everyone! I have two PCs in my home workgroup: "A", with XPPro and
static IP address 192.168.0.1, submask 255.255.255.0; and "B", with XPHome
and IP address 192.168.0.5. Both have XP SP2 applied. They are connected
with a 4-port minihub. A month ago a virus hit my system so I had to
reinstall XP in both computers with their respective system recovery CDs, but
although everything seems to be normal, they cannot ping each other and
therefore cannot share the Internet connection as they used to do before.
However, if I start both computers in safe mode, they can ping each other
either with the IP address or with the local host name. As soon as I start
Windows in normal mode, “A” can see “B” but not the other way around. “A”
used to be the ICS host, but as “B” cannot see “A”, it cannot be shared.

I have tried everything: I have uninstalled SP2, I have used a crossover
cable to skip the hub, I have deactivated the firewall from SP2 but the
problem remains consistent. Nothing changes. In order to be able to share
folders and printers, I installed IPX/SPX and NetBIOS and they can see each
other with these protocols, but as far as the TPC/IP network is concerned,
nothing seems to work.

I have also review almost every conversation thread in the XP Networking
forum, but nothing seems to work.

Any clues? I cannot seem to bring these computers to work as they used to.
Thanks in advance.
Alex.

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