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Good Evening All -

1. Purchases two new HP Pavillion PCs - have two eMachines - all with XP
SP2. One Linksys Hub - Cable for internet connection.

2. All PCs connected to the internet just fine.

3. Run the "Create Home Network Wizard" - when provided for the option to
create a disk - I do not see my DVD or CD drive as a choice - so I assume
that I don't have to create one, as all PCs are XP - so I say no and finish
Wizard - this is obviously not the solution.

4. Questsioned someone (you know the one - that knows enough to be dangerous
and destroy all in their path) why no CDs came with the new PCs - they said
to create one through some place under control panel - not very explicit with
instructions - sort of a blah blah blah...

so where to go to now - I would like to understand why I don't see my CD
drive as an option (I do see it in Explorer and am able to run DVDs and CDs -
the system sees them and there are no 'exclamation points' indicating a
conflict or problem of sorts)

and would love to get these things connected to share my other limited
resources of printers/fax and files...
 
Good Evening All -

1. Purchases two new HP Pavillion PCs - have two eMachines - all with XP
SP2. One Linksys Hub - Cable for internet connection.

2. All PCs connected to the internet just fine.

3. Run the "Create Home Network Wizard" - when provided for the option to
create a disk - I do not see my DVD or CD drive as a choice - so I assume
that I don't have to create one, as all PCs are XP - so I say no and finish
Wizard - this is obviously not the solution.

4. Questsioned someone (you know the one - that knows enough to be dangerous
and destroy all in their path) why no CDs came with the new PCs - they said
to create one through some place under control panel - not very explicit with
instructions - sort of a blah blah blah...

so where to go to now - I would like to understand why I don't see my CD
drive as an option (I do see it in Explorer and am able to run DVDs and CDs -
the system sees them and there are no 'exclamation points' indicating a
conflict or problem of sorts)

and would love to get these things connected to share my other limited
resources of printers/fax and files...
Click to expand...

With Windows XP, you just run the Network Setup Wizard on each computer. The
setup disk, created by the NSW, is to run on computers running operating systems
other than Windows XP, where you can't run the NSW.

If the computers connect to the Internet, but can't share files, it's likely not
a problem that will be resolved by the NSW. It's probably a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

If no help there, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
 
Thanks Chuck - I was checking out some of these links you posted already -
after seeing your response to someone else - with a same, but different
(wink) problem.

Let me attempt to apply this information (correctly) to arrive at a
solution...
 
Chuck -

Okay - I did the best that I can - I apologize if I did not follow things
properly - but this is what I came away with -

I have removed all but two PCs - to make it easier to set up - then once
these are working I can incorporate one PC at a time.

Both PCs are brand new -
MS Windows XP - Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP2
HP Pavilion AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ 1.78GHz, 960 MB of RAM
Physical Address Extention

I ran the ipconfig as you requested and have the following information -
please note that I was not able to run the "browstat status" - I read your
section on PATH - but still could not locate it

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad c:\ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : JaeP2R
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ok.cox.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-D4-C7-C1-EF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::213:d4ff:fec7:c1ef%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.12.16.30
68.12.16.25
68.2.16.30
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 25, 2005
10:18:38 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 26, 2005
10:18:38 AM

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F4-00-BB-F3-3D-3C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1950:0:f400:bbf3:3d3c
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-64
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
 
Try:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows Components wizard
starts.
4. Click Networking Services (but do not click to clear the check box), and
then click Details.
5. Click to clear the Peer-to-Peer check box. If IPv6 Internet Connection
Firewall is also listed, click to clear this check box as well. Then click
OK.
6. Click Next.
7. Follow the instructions on the remaining pages of the wizard to remove
the component from the computer.


Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

JP2R said:
Chuck -

Okay - I did the best that I can - I apologize if I did not follow things
properly - but this is what I came away with -

I have removed all but two PCs - to make it easier to set up - then once
these are working I can incorporate one PC at a time.

Both PCs are brand new -
MS Windows XP - Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP2
HP Pavilion AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ 1.78GHz, 960 MB of RAM
Physical Address Extention

I ran the ipconfig as you requested and have the following information -
please note that I was not able to run the "browstat status" - I read your
section on PATH - but still could not locate it

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad c:\ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : JaeP2R
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ok.cox.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-D4-C7-C1-EF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::213:d4ff:fec7:c1ef%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.12.16.30
68.12.16.25
68.2.16.30
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 25, 2005
10:18:38 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 26, 2005
10:18:38 AM

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F4-00-BB-F3-3D-3C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1950:0:f400:bbf3:3d3c
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-64
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Chuck said:
With Windows XP, you just run the Network Setup Wizard on each computer. The
setup disk, created by the NSW, is to run on computers running operating systems
other than Windows XP, where you can't run the NSW.

If the computers connect to the Internet, but can't share files, it's likely not
a problem that will be resolved by the NSW. It's probably a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
Click to expand...
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibilit
y.html>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility
..html
If no help there, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
Click to expand...
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.
html#AskingForHelp>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.h
tml#AskingForHelp
Click to expand...
 
Doug -

I did as suggested - and still no change - Man, I must be messing up big time.
I read through the suggested webpages - from Chuck - and tried as he
recommended - I must be missing something really simple...

Doug Sherman said:
Try:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components. The Windows Components wizard
starts.
4. Click Networking Services (but do not click to clear the check box), and
then click Details.
5. Click to clear the Peer-to-Peer check box. If IPv6 Internet Connection
Firewall is also listed, click to clear this check box as well. Then click
OK.
6. Click Next.
7. Follow the instructions on the remaining pages of the wizard to remove
the component from the computer.


Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

JP2R said:
Chuck -

Okay - I did the best that I can - I apologize if I did not follow things
properly - but this is what I came away with -

I have removed all but two PCs - to make it easier to set up - then once
these are working I can incorporate one PC at a time.

Both PCs are brand new -
MS Windows XP - Media Center Edition Ver 2002 SP2
HP Pavilion AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+ 1.78GHz, 960 MB of RAM
Physical Address Extention

I ran the ipconfig as you requested and have the following information -
please note that I was not able to run the "browstat status" - I read your
section on PATH - but still could not locate it

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad c:\ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>notepad >c:ipconfig.txt

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : JaeP2R
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ok.cox.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-D4-C7-C1-EF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::213:d4ff:fec7:c1ef%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.12.16.30
68.12.16.25
68.2.16.30
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, December 25, 2005
10:18:38 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 26, 2005
10:18:38 AM

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F4-00-BB-F3-3D-3C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1950:0:f400:bbf3:3d3c
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : ok.cox.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-64
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



wrote:

Good Evening All -

1. Purchases two new HP Pavillion PCs - have two eMachines - all with XP
SP2. One Linksys Hub - Cable for internet connection.

2. All PCs connected to the internet just fine.

3. Run the "Create Home Network Wizard" - when provided for the option to
create a disk - I do not see my DVD or CD drive as a choice - so I assume
that I don't have to create one, as all PCs are XP - so I say no and finish
Wizard - this is obviously not the solution.

4. Questsioned someone (you know the one - that knows enough to be dangerous
and destroy all in their path) why no CDs came with the new PCs - they said
to create one through some place under control panel - not very explicit with
instructions - sort of a blah blah blah...

so where to go to now - I would like to understand why I don't see my CD
drive as an option (I do see it in Explorer and am able to run DVDs and CDs -
the system sees them and there are no 'exclamation points' indicating a
conflict or problem of sorts)

and would love to get these things connected to share my other limited
resources of printers/fax and files...

With Windows XP, you just run the Network Setup Wizard on each computer. The
setup disk, created by the NSW, is to run on computers running operating systems
other than Windows XP, where you can't run the NSW.

If the computers connect to the Internet, but can't share files, it's likely not
a problem that will be resolved by the NSW. It's probably a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
Click to expand...
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibilit
y.html>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility
..html
If no help there, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
Click to expand...
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.
html#AskingForHelp>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.h
tml#AskingForHelp
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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