How do you create a Network Neighborhood???

[Paul Russell]

do both machines have the following similiarities?

1 - same workgroup name
2 - same protocols
3 - if TCPIP is the protocol are they addressed similary
4 - do you have a user name / password which is teh same on both machines

 

[purplehaz]

Right click the desktop, properties, desktop tab, customize desktop, check
My Network Places.

 

[Lorne_Taylor]

do both machines have the following similiarities?

1 - same workgroup name yes
2 - same protocols I'm not sure.
3 - if TCPIP is the protocol are they addressed similary I'm not sure
4 - do you have a user name / password which is teh same on both machines

no user password

errors I make in configuration show up on the other machine as popups.
the new machine will dial the modem on the old machine but I still have
both saying the workgroup is unavailable on both machines.

 

[purplehaz]

no user password

User accounts and networking in xp require passwords on the accounts. Their
must be the same user/password combination on both computers.(blank or no
password doesn't work).

 

[Lorne_Taylor]

User accounts and networking in xp require passwords on the accounts. Their
must be the same user/password combination on both computers.(blank or no
password doesn't work).

OK in two days of trying to network these machines I have never been
prompted for a password.
One machine is brand new. I have not used it yet other than try to network
it.
Where do I enter passwords.

 

[purplehaz]

OK in two days of trying to network these machines I have never been
prompted for a password.
One machine is brand new. I have not used it yet other than try to network
it.
Where do I enter passwords.

Start, control panel, user accounts, choose an account, choose option to set
a password.

 

[Lorne_Taylor]

Start, control panel, user accounts, choose an account, choose option to set
a password.

Are you saying I have to open an account on my new machine using exactly
the same name as the account I use on the old system?

 

[purplehaz]

Are you saying I have to open an account on my new machine using exactly
the same name as the account I use on the old system?

Yes.

 

[Gary Tait]

I'll have to pay someone to come out and swap out my harddrives because I
can't get these computers networked.

Oh well.

Before you do, consider a USB HDD box.