Re: Home Network (non)Sharing - Win XP & Win 2k

From: Nepatsfan (nepatsfan_at_SBXXXVIII.com)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 15:01:54 -0500

On the XP machine open up Network Connections. Right click on your Lan
connection and select properties. Is "File and Print Sharing for Microsoft
Networks" listed and checked?

What kind of error messages, if any, are you getting when you try to access
resources on the XP box?

Nepatsfan
"GigaByte Pro" <GigaBytePro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5611B2BE-8BF9-4F9F-8AE3-03016BAEE8FE@microsoft.com...
>I have a home network with 2 W2K Pro stations and 1 XP Home. I can't get
> the XP machine sharted folders to be accessible on a W2K machine.
>
> I can Ping, both ways, using the IP addresses as well as computer names.
> I CAN browse shared folders located on the W2K pcs from the XP computer.
> I CANNOT find the XP computer using RUN: \\XPcomputername on the W2K
> machine. Neither can I find it with the W2K Search for Computers.
>
> I can browse shared folders between the W2K machines.
> I have the XP computer's XP default firewall disabled.
> All have the same workgroup name.
> One W2K machine is configured with ICS. The XP machine CAN sucessfully
> access the internet through it.
> I have common adminstrative login account names and passwords on the W2K
> and
> XP machines.
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
>

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