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I have a small home network with a desktop and laptop. I have a satellite
modem connected to a Linksys router. My desktop is connected via wire to the
router and my laptop accesses via wireless. I am able to connect to the
internet and mail from both pc's. I am not able to use file and printer
sharing even though I have successfully set up the small home network
workgroup via the wizard. My desktop uses Windows XP Home and the laptop
uses Windows XP Pro. I can seen the the workgroup from both PCs but when I
click on the workgroup on either pc, I get the message that the workgroup is
not accessible or I do not have permission. I have tried pinging from and to
both and that times out, however, I have successfully pinged before but still
no file or print sharing. This feature did work previously, but I moved to a
new house and have a different Internet Provider. All of the equipment is
the same except for the modem. I have contacted everyone, even Microsoft and
no solution yet. I am thinking maybe a file is corrupted in the setup
somewhere and maybe I need to uninstall all of the network componets and
reinstall but I am not sure how to do that without messing it all up. I am
able to issue a net send * command from both pc's and the message does appear
on both indication that the message was sent to the workgroup. THIS IS
DRIVING ME CRAZY!
modem connected to a Linksys router. My desktop is connected via wire to the
router and my laptop accesses via wireless. I am able to connect to the
internet and mail from both pc's. I am not able to use file and printer
sharing even though I have successfully set up the small home network
workgroup via the wizard. My desktop uses Windows XP Home and the laptop
uses Windows XP Pro. I can seen the the workgroup from both PCs but when I
click on the workgroup on either pc, I get the message that the workgroup is
not accessible or I do not have permission. I have tried pinging from and to
both and that times out, however, I have successfully pinged before but still
no file or print sharing. This feature did work previously, but I moved to a
new house and have a different Internet Provider. All of the equipment is
the same except for the modem. I have contacted everyone, even Microsoft and
no solution yet. I am thinking maybe a file is corrupted in the setup
somewhere and maybe I need to uninstall all of the network componets and
reinstall but I am not sure how to do that without messing it all up. I am
able to issue a net send * command from both pc's and the message does appear
on both indication that the message was sent to the workgroup. THIS IS
DRIVING ME CRAZY!