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[Auvergne Studios]

Hi:

I'm trying to get my computer to recognize a laptop in the
same room. We have a home network set up. Prior to
upgrading to XP-pro from ME, everything worked.
(surprisingly, since much else didn't with ME). I have
not needed access until today, in that I have a file
residing on the laptop which I desparately need on the PC
and no media to burn out to on the laptop. What do I have
to do to get both computers to recognize each other?
Thanks. All help is appreciated.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

this may help. quoted from http://www.ChicagoTech.net
NetBIOS and WINS are required in a mixed network
NetBIOS and WINS name resolution is required only on mixed-mode (Windows 95,
98, Me, NT, 2000 and XP) networks to provide backward-compatibility older
versions of Windows. If you have a domain mixed-mode network with DHCP and
DNS, you are better to cerate WINS in your system. In workgroup mixed-mode
network, most people enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP to resolve NetBIOS name to
equivalent to IP addresses. Alternatively, you can install NetBEUI protocol
in the clients.


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