Re: Is SP2 a Disaster for XP and Local Networks?

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From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.lan)
Date: 12/19/04 

Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 17:20:08 GMT

In article <Epixd.4418$RH4.301@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
wolf_tracks@invalid.inv says...
> In my simplest case, which doesn't work either, I have this XP Pro SP2 machine and
> another Win2000 SP6 machine. When I stepped up to SP2, the Win2000 machine
> disappeared from My Network Places. What service have you disabled? If I specify in
> the Security Center that I don't want firewall protection from MS, I still can't see
> the other machine. The other machine has no firewall on it.

I'm confused, I didn't think there was a SP6 for Windows 2000, are you
sure?

When I setup Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP SP2 (firewall
disabled) and put them both in the same Workgroup, with file/printer
sharing enabled on both, they see each other without any problem. 

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