Home Networking

[Guest]

I have three computers connected to my Router, WindowsXP, WindowsME, and
Windows98SE. I did home networking wizard on the WindowsXP computers to set
up the network. When finished, Entire Network does not display in My Network
Places. When I click view workgroup computers, all 3 computers in the
workgroup displays. But when I click the computer that's running WindowsME or
Windows98SE I get an error stating:

\\Computername is not accesible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
The network path was not found.

I've also tried using Browstat but it didn't work.
I will appreciate any and all help.

 

[Chuck]

I have three computers connected to my Router, WindowsXP, WindowsME, and
Windows98SE. I did home networking wizard on the WindowsXP computers to set
up the network. When finished, Entire Network does not display in My Network
Places. When I click view workgroup computers, all 3 computers in the
workgroup displays. But when I click the computer that's running WindowsME or
Windows98SE I get an error stating:

\\Computername is not accesible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
The network path was not found.

I've also tried using Browstat but it didn't work.
I will appreciate any and all help.

Check for a browser conflict between the WinXP computer and the Win9x computers.
I"m not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the program that
allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. The browsers for
WinXP (WinNT/2K/XP) and Win98 (Win95/98/ME) don't work well together on the same
LAN.

Make sure the browser service is stopped on the WinXP computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service,
only, is Stopped and Disabled. Enable the browser on the Win98 and WinME
computers (reverse these instructions):
http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html
http://www.compudentsystems.com/documentation/win98.html

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each. Once ALL computers have been powered off, power
them back on.

The browser is a very common cause of problems like yours.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>

What results did you get from browstat?

Also see this document about file sharing, between all different versions of
Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

 

[Guest]

hi chuck,

My problemstill persists , i have been on countless links and websights and
i syill cant solve my problem...i have 3 (1 is a laptop)computers,all run
through a hub which is conected to an DSL broadband modem, one on xp pro and
the other 2 on xp home addition, i can see all the computers in the
qorkgroup, from every computer, but i cant access files from desktop to
desktop, for some strange reasonthe lap top is acting as a server, as i can
se ansd share files from the laptop, but not desktop to desk top...

please help as i have been tearing my hair out for 3 months on this problem

Regards
AL

 

[Chuck]

hi chuck,

My problemstill persists , i have been on countless links and websights and
i syill cant solve my problem...i have 3 (1 is a laptop)computers,all run
through a hub which is conected to an DSL broadband modem, one on xp pro and
the other 2 on xp home addition, i can see all the computers in the
qorkgroup, from every computer, but i cant access files from desktop to
desktop, for some strange reasonthe lap top is acting as a server, as i can
se ansd share files from the laptop, but not desktop to desk top...

please help as i have been tearing my hair out for 3 months on this problem

Regards
AL

Al,

Provide ipconfig information for each computer, as a start.
1) Start - Run - "cmd".
2) Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command window.
3) Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!.
4) Open file c:\ipconfig.txt from Notepad.
5) Copy and paste entire contents of the file into your next post.
6) Identify operating system (by name, version, and Service Pack level) with
each ipconfig listing.
7) Please don't munge or omit any detail, as a case like yours will best be
resolved with details.

Maybe a browser problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q102878/
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

Please provide browstat information for each computer too.
1) Start - Run - "cmd".
2) Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command window.
3) Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!.
4) Open file c:\browstat.txt from Notepad.
5) Copy and paste entire contents of the file into your next post.