I've recently added an XP laptop to my network which
previously had 3 Win2k machines. One of the machines has
a shared folder and printer I'd like to access. The XP
machine doesn't see any of the other machines on the
network. It can access the internet fine. I put it into
the same workgroup as the other machines. What else am I
missing to make this work?

On the 2k machines make sure that you have created a user
account that matches the user name and password for the XP
machine. Give it local admin permissions to avoid hassles
(If you feel it is a secure environment).


Give this a try and keep us posted.

>-----Original Message-----
>I've recently added an XP laptop to my network which
>previously had 3 Win2k machines. One of the machines has
>a shared folder and printer I'd like to access. The XP
>machine doesn't see any of the other machines on the
>network. It can access the internet fine. I put it into
>the same workgroup as the other machines. What else am I
>missing to make this work?
>.
>

David
Please see my post reply to Avihu above and my reply to
myself. I got mine network going and it does all I ever
dreamed of in an ehternet!
>-----Original Message-----
>I've recently added an XP laptop to my network which
>previously had 3 Win2k machines. One of the machines
has
>a shared folder and printer I'd like to access. The XP
>machine doesn't see any of the other machines on the
>network. It can access the internet fine. I put it
into
>the same workgroup as the other machines. What else am
I
>missing to make this work?
>.
>

I don't see a reply to yourself anywhere and the reply to
Avihu doesn't have any details. Please be more specific.
>-----Original Message-----
>David
>Please see my post reply to Avihu above and my reply to
>myself. I got mine network going and it does all I ever
>dreamed of in an ehternet!
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've recently added an XP laptop to my network which
>>previously had 3 Win2k machines. One of the machines
>has
>>a shared folder and printer I'd like to access. The XP
>>machine doesn't see any of the other machines on the
>>network. It can access the internet fine. I put it
>into
>>the same workgroup as the other machines. What else am
>I
>>missing to make this work?
>>.
>>
>.
>

I think I may have discovered the problem. My Win2k
network is set up to use NetBEUI. The XP machine does NOT
have this protocol, of course. I also have no original XP
disk, only recovery disks, to get the driver. I really
don't want to have to reconfigure all the Win2k machines,
since they are working. Any way to get the NetBEUI
protocol from some other location? Am I on the right
track?

David

>-----Original Message-----
>I've recently added an XP laptop to my network which
>previously had 3 Win2k machines. One of the machines has
>a shared folder and printer I'd like to access. The XP
>machine doesn't see any of the other machines on the
>network. It can access the internet fine. I put it into
>the same workgroup as the other machines. What else am I
>missing to make this work?
>.
>