Re: XP Home and 2000 Proffessional

In article <262650AE-0D5A-445D-B7A0-1A4644AB82A6@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"burtx" <burtx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I'm having trouble connecting two XP Home and 2000 Proffessional machines.
>They do ping between IP addresses but do not see each other in the workgroup.
>Firewall is completely disabled in the XP Home machine. I would appreciate
>some hints and further checkings.

Try accessing the other computer directly by typing its name in the
Start | Run box in this format:

\\computer

If that doesn't work, make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on
both computers:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the local area network connection.
3. Click Properties.
4. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
5. Click Advanced.
6. Click WINS.
7. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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