Re: Home Networking



"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:06:02 -0700, "Leaf" <Leaf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >I have Windows XP Home on one pc and Windows 2000 on another. I was able to
> >get both pc's to connect to the internet and now I want to create a home
> >network for file sharing. The network setup says I cannot configure these to
> >OS together. Is there any way for me to get around the basic setup wizard to
> >configure these two pc's on the same network for file sharing? Please Help!!
>
> Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
> for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each computer?
> Do you have shares setup on each?
>
> Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
> - Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?
>
> Make sure that the Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest,
> with Start - Run - "cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command
> window. Ensure that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run -
> "control userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without
> entering a new password.
>
> And make sure there's no firewall interfering. Misconfigured firewalls are a
> very common cause of problems.
>
> More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
>
Chuck,

Thanks for replying...I was able to check most of the requirements in your
first post but you and Sascha lost me along the way...everything u asked is
setup except I'm not sure if I have any shares setup...how do I check? All I
could do was get the internet up and running on both...couldn't get the home
networking setup to run on the w2k pc.
.

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