Re: New laptop, trying to network

From: Richard (rwrede2_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 12/28/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:06:48 -0800

I have my tail between my legs. It was my firewall, (McAfee) I had a setting
to accept TCP/IP Network, but the check-box next to it wasn't checked.
Everything works like a charm. Thanks all!

"Malke" <noreply@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:exzqLhI7EHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Carey Holzman wrote:
>
> > If you think XP is the problem, you're never going to find the answer.
> >
> > Carey
> >
> > "britinsac" <britinsac@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:F4D73B10-DA9B-49F3-9F9F-6DBDD52ABC53@microsoft.com...
> >>I have exactly the same problem. The interesting thing is that I can
> >>ping to
> >> the new pc and it times out, yet if I ping back to the old pc from
> >> the new one it finds it and sends replies!
> >>
> >> Something is very broken in XP and it is really annoying since I want
> >> to network to my accounting software on the old pc and I spent money
> >> getting a
> >> multi user licence only to find XP networking sucks.
> >>
> >> "Richard" wrote:
> >>
> >>> Ok, I got my wife an HP laptop for christmas, Linked them with
> >>> Linksys 'G'
> >>> wireless broadband router and card for her laptop. she can access
> >>> the internet fine. I have done the "Network Wizard" on both
> >>> computers. My PC (desktop) will see her files but her laptop can't
> >>> find my 'Network Places'
> >>> shared folders etc... or see my computer for that matter in "View
> >>> Workgroup
> >>> Computers" I have done the 'Troubleshooting Wizard" too but no help
> >>> there.
>
> It isn't XP - you have something set up wrong. Run through the network
> troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna here:
>
> http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm
>
> Malke
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