ICS with XP host, ME client not quite working

[Chuck]

The "IG objects", more precisely, are shortcuts to that item in the
Network Connections folder. They're all the same . . . upon each
startup a balloon tells me I am to click on an icon in the taskbar,
which then offers me the opportunity to place a shortcut on the
desktop. When I've not followed the process all the way through to
shortcut creation, there's been no connection to the host computer,
never mind the outside web world.

I'll keep my eye out for this behavior now that the network appears to
be working as intended. Perhaps this redundant behavior was due to
misfiring connections so far -

It's always a good idea to solve each problem, one at a time, before worrying
about another. So please do watch and see if this second symptom continues to
be visible.

 

[Guest]

"Dazed":

I have a post about a closely related problem.

I have an XP machine and an ME machine on a home network. Both can get to
the Internet, but they can't see each other on the My Network Places (XP
machine) or Network Neighborhood (ME machine) and access each others files
nor can the ME machine print to the USB printer connected to the XP machine.

Can you do the things I cannot do? Love to hear if you received a simple,
easy-to-follow solution.

Thanks,

jwolfdog