Re: Beginner Network Problems

Thanks Chuck - I was checking out some of these links you posted already -
after seeing your response to someone else - with a same, but different
(wink) problem.

Let me attempt to apply this information (correctly) to arrive at a
solution...

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 17:03:02 -0800, "JP2R" <JP2R@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> >Good Evening All -
> >
> >1. Purchases two new HP Pavillion PCs - have two eMachines - all with XP
> >SP2. One Linksys Hub - Cable for internet connection.
> >
> >2. All PCs connected to the internet just fine.
> >
> >3. Run the "Create Home Network Wizard" - when provided for the option to
> >create a disk - I do not see my DVD or CD drive as a choice - so I assume
> >that I don't have to create one, as all PCs are XP - so I say no and finish
> >Wizard - this is obviously not the solution.
> >
> >4. Questsioned someone (you know the one - that knows enough to be dangerous
> >and destroy all in their path) why no CDs came with the new PCs - they said
> >to create one through some place under control panel - not very explicit with
> >instructions - sort of a blah blah blah...
> >
> >so where to go to now - I would like to understand why I don't see my CD
> >drive as an option (I do see it in Explorer and am able to run DVDs and CDs -
> >the system sees them and there are no 'exclamation points' indicating a
> >conflict or problem of sorts)
> >
> >and would love to get these things connected to share my other limited
> >resources of printers/fax and files...
>
> With Windows XP, you just run the Network Setup Wizard on each computer. The
> setup disk, created by the NSW, is to run on computers running operating systems
> other than Windows XP, where you can't run the NSW.
>
> If the computers connect to the Internet, but can't share files, it's likely not
> a problem that will be resolved by the NSW. It's probably a misconfigured or
> overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
>
> If no help there, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
> computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
> articles, and follow instructions precisely:
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.
>
.

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