I have a home network (Workgroup configuration). A wireless router (has a
switch too) and 2 computers connected to it. XP Home installed on a laptop
and connected to the router (with ethernet cable) and XP Pro installed on a
desktop and connected wireless.
Both the machines have unique names, both are assigned an IP by the DHCP
server builtin in the router. Both machines can ping the router and each
other . They can browse the internet too. Windows Firewall is disabled on
both machines.
The laptop can see the desktop thru "My Network Places" whereas my desktop
cannot see the laptop.
I don't understand what may be going wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
Paraq,
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:
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http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
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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=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
The browser requires anonymous access, so look at registry key
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous.
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http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
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http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403
For browsing to work (for each computer to be listed by a browser), each
computer must have a restrictanonymous value of "0".
The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember Win2K is NT V5.0, and WinXP
is NT V5.1.
Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
help:
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http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
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http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>
Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
appropriate.
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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
My email is AT DOT
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