i have 4 PCs - 3 Xp home and 1 Xp Pro. i want to connect them via ethernet
in order to share files and folders. i create a workgroup but dont seem to
be able to see across the machines.

any advice is welcome

many thanks

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 03:51:02 -0700, mok <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>i have 4 PCs - 3 Xp home and 1 Xp Pro. i want to connect them via ethernet
>in order to share files and folders. i create a workgroup but dont seem to
>be able to see across the machines.
>
>any advice is welcome
>
>many thanks

You could start by reading my troubleshooting guide, and checking all of the
mentioned settings.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html>

Or you could post "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from all 4 computers,
and please label each computer so we know which one is running XP Pro (and is
the XP Pro computer running Simple File Sharing).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

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