Using Win XP home on two computers. (Actually, these two
computers or two of four I need to network. The other two
are 98SE's) One XP can access the other but the second XP
can not access the first XP. Both can ping each other.
When I use net view on the second machine get error 5
access denied. I have tried everything suggested on this
newsgroup. I have gotten rid of worms on the "first" cpu.
But to no avail. Exhausted the MS Tech Support guy (he
just gave up) and now I'm thoroughly exhausted. What
doesn't make sense is that before I added the 4th computer
to the network I didn't have any problems. Right now I'm
just trying to get the two XP machines to work together.
But as mentioned they won't work both ways.
Please help!!!!
Thanks
Charlie

ok this might work
well it should work i have 4 computers running xp and one linux

click on your network connections and right click on properties >then goto advanced tap and make the the check is off in the box (box should say something like protect my comptuter....and so on)

should then work man

----- Charlie wrote: -----

Using Win XP home on two computers. (Actually, these two
computers or two of four I need to network. The other two
are 98SE's) One XP can access the other but the second XP
can not access the first XP. Both can ping each other.
When I use net view on the second machine get error 5
access denied. I have tried everything suggested on this
newsgroup. I have gotten rid of worms on the "first" cpu.
But to no avail. Exhausted the MS Tech Support guy (he
just gave up) and now I'm thoroughly exhausted. What
doesn't make sense is that before I added the 4th computer
to the network I didn't have any problems. Right now I'm
just trying to get the two XP machines to work together.
But as mentioned they won't work both ways.
Please help!!!!
Thanks
Charlie

Thank you sir, but I've done that already. So there's
something else the matter.

Thank you,
Charlie