Re: Home network mysteries....???
From: Jack Slater (jdslater_at_mchsi.com)
Date: 12/06/04
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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:36:31 GMT
Thank heavens for Usenet - and thanks Chuck!
I can see what I did now that I got your help/answers. I downloaded some
utility to "speed" up the older XP PC and of course it does this by shutting
down services "not needed". Of course its not written well enuf to ask you
if the PC your running is part of a network!!!!!!!
Again - thanks a million for taking the time.
JDS
"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
news:n637r01tpf6o7pk1t05u04fr0ifspqdedo@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:03:13 GMT, "Jack Slater" <jdslater@mchsi.com>
> wrote:
>
>>I have 3 PCs - 2 XP and 1 98. All connected via DHCP thru router. I used
>>to see all 3 from any PC. 1 XP PC had a printer that was shared and all
>>could see the printer too. I changed printers. Removed the old one and
>>added the new one. When I went to the 98 PC to install the shared new
>>printer - it couldn't see it - then when I started exploring all PCS -
>>none
>>of them can see the others in their common workgroup!!!???
>>
>>I can ping them all. I can search for them by IP address and find them
>>all - and then proceed to explore them all but I can't get them to show up
>>in the Network Neighborhood, common Windows Workgroup!
>>
>>So, what next? What protocols must I be running on XP and 98 PCs to make
>>sure I'm fully installed? What else need I do to get them to show up
>>again?
>>
>>Thanks for any suggestions!
>>
>>JDS
>
> Jack,
>
> This is a common problem with Windows XP and Windows 98. The Windows 98
> browser
> (no I'm not talking about Internet Explorer) doesn't work well with the
> Windows
> XP browser.
>
> Make sure the browser service is running on both Windows XP computers.
> Control
> Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer
> Browser, and
> the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started.
> Disable
> the browser on the Windows 98 computer, as shown in this web page.
> <http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html>
>
> Power all three computers off. Power the Windows XP computers on, then
> the
> Windows 98 computer.
>
> The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
> domain / workgroup, at any time.
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
>
> You can download Browstat from either:
> <http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
> <http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
>
> Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the
> downloaded
> file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a
> command
> window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same
> result.
>
> For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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