On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:27:48 -0700, "James Houston" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I'm having variations of this problem with both my office and home networks.
>At the office, we have a peer-to-peer network, no domain controller, and a
>mixed enviroment of Windows 98, 2000, and XP Home PCs. At home, I have 1
>Windows 2000 Pro, 2 XP Pro, and 2 laptops running Windows 2000 pro and
>Windows 98 which are only rarely connected to the network. Here's the
>problem: at work, one of the XP Home machines cannot be seen by any other
>PC in the network using My Network Places. If I click on View Workgroup
>Computers, every other PC in the network is visible except for this one PC.
>I can ping it using its network name, and I can access its shares using the
>NET USE command. This is true for any PC on the network, including the PC
>in question. I have a similar problem with the XP Pro pcs on my home
>network. Rebooting those PCs helps, but after awhile they become invisible
>to the Windows 2000 pc and to themselves. Anybody have any idea what's
>going on here and how to fix it?
>
>Best
>
>Jim
Jim,
One of the most common causes of your problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are other
possibilities too. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
If no help yet, 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 (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp
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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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