FWIW, this morning I decided to check my wife's Firewall again.
She has Norton, but it was disabled. I reenabled it and suddenly
I could start accessing her machine again. This makes no sense to
me. I would have expected just the opposite.
Since my computer didn't even recognize the network, not just
her machine, I didn't think it could just be something on her machine
causing the problem, but whatever works...
"nrford" <nrfordmsvb@REMOVE_THIS_cardsharkgames.com> wrote in message
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> I've spent about 6 hours trying different things and nothing's worked,
> so any help will be appreciated.
>
> At home I have a two-computer network which, until a month ago,
> was working fine, then I installed SBC-Yahoo DSL (had cable modem).
> My wife has a Dell desktop running XP and I have a Dell notebook on XP.
>
> On my computer I have an external hard drive and software which
> would back up files from my wife's computer ot the hard drive every
> night. I've just noticed that it hasn't done this since the DSL conversion.
>
> What brought this to my attention is that I tried to print to my wife's
> printer and it didn't print.
>
> My wife can access my computer and copy my files, but my computer
> cannot even find the workgroup. However, my computer says on startup
> that it is connected to the network and I have no trouble getting on the
> Internet.
>
> But when I try to "View Workgroup Computers" or "Map A Network
> Drive", it says that the workgroup "is not accessible. Network path was
> not found.". When I click on "My Network Places", it shows ONLY the
> folders that I have set up for sharing (i.e.: it does not show the WG name).
>
> "Local Area Connection Status" shows a good connection.
> To the best of my knowledge, I changed nothing to do with the network
> other than installing SBC-Yahoo's software and changing from the MS
> router to theirs.
>
> Here are things I have tried this morning, none of which helped.
>
> 1. Double-checked the computer names and workgroup name
> on both machines.
> 2. Double-checked the network properties
> 3. Pinged my wife's computer and got no response.
> 4. Ran network "Repair".
> 5. Made sure Client for MS Networks", etc., are installed.
> 6. Changed the computer names and workgroup name. Changed back.
> 7. Worked through all the Windows network-related troubleshooters.
> 8. Called SBC-Yahoo tech support who blew me off by claiming that
> nothing of theirs could have caused the problem and that it is just
> a coincidence that this problem arose the same day I changed
> to their modem/router. (They may be right, but that's a pretty
> long-shot coincidence.)
> 9. Googled for these problems.
> 10. Re-checked the computer names and workgroup name.
> 11. Worked through all the Windows troubleshooters again.
>
> So now I'm at my wits end. Any ideas?
>
> TIA,
>
> Nelson
>
>
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