Re: Need help networking XP with Win98 and Win2000

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On Wed, 18 May 2005 18:47:01 -0700, "spazminator"
<spazminator@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Chuck,
>
>You should add one more thing to your checklist... The egg is on my face. I
>had to turn off "Don't allow exceptions" on my XP Windows Firewall. (LAN
>Properties > Advanced). File Sharing is one of the things that require an
>exception. D'oh.
>
>Now the XP to 98 connection is working from either end. That fix to the
>browser service was right after all. THANKS!
>
>On the W2k laptop, I suspect my work IT dept. has installed something to
>prevent home network (ab)use. Where can I start looking for a way to make the
>switch? If I can't make it switch domains based on which user logs in, I'm ok
>with some relatively easy reconfig/restart... I just gotta get all my
>personal files off it... soon.

Excellent. Item added to the list, thanks for the feedback.

On the laptop issue, this may be something that you need to negotiate with your
IT group. This is not the first time this sort of limitation has come up.
Maybe on of the 3 multi-configuration managers here will help:
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#Complex

If your IT group can't sort it out, you may have to live with finding the laptop
in Network Neighborhood - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network - (Work
Domain). As carrying computers all over the place becomes more and more common,
Windows is going to need to adapt, and deal with dynamic environments better. I
hear improvements are coming with Longhorn - whenever that gets here.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it's a normal response from experience.
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