Thanks for your recommendations, Chuck. Below are outputs from the two XP SP2
systems I have. The desktop does not see the notebook shares, but the
notebook sees the desktop shares. Both systems connect via Ethernet cables to
the RJ45 ports of a NETGEAR wireless router. Windows Firewall is OFF on both
systems. I can go onto the Internet and ping the other PCs.
However, I could not run NET CONFIG WORKSTATION because the Workstation
service is not running. I could not start the Workstation service either, and
I get an error pop-up, as follows:
Services dialog: Windows could not start the Workstation on Local Computer.
For more information, review the System Event Log. If this is a non-Microsoft
service, contact the service vendor and refer to service-specific error code
2250.
I found and followed KB 841570 to re-expand mup.sys from the XP install disk
into system32\drivers and system32\dllcache.
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FOR XP SP2 DESKTOP:
C:\Documents and Settings>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : delacruz2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Gigabit Ethernet NIC:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family
Gigabit
Ethernet NIC #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-F4-BC-1B-B2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:36:12 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 23, 2006 2:26:42 PM
C:\Documents and Settings>net config server
Server Name \\DELACRUZ2
Server Comment Bing's Desktop
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{DA23317B-B17F-4300-954F-448E3AF27A12} (0040f4bc1bb2)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings>net config workstation
The Workstation service is not started.
Is it OK to start it? (Y/N) [Y]: Y
The Workstation service is starting.
The Workstation service could not be started.
A service specific error occurred: 2250.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3547.
C:\Documents and Settings>
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FOR XP SP2 NOTEBOOK:
C:\Documents and Settings>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NotebookXP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter On-board Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-DB-05-C8-4D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:34:58 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 23, 2006 10:37:47 AM
C:\Documents and Settings>net config server
Server Name \\NOTEBOOKXP
Server Comment Dell Inspiron
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{C9518FA9-AD2D-49BC-AA6B-E39E9D0FDF0F} (000bdb05c84d)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings>net config workstation
Computer name \\NOTEBOOKXP
Full Computer name NotebookXP
User name Chel
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{C9518FA9-AD2D-49BC-AA6B-E39E9D0FDF0F} (000BDB05C84D)
Software version Windows 2002
Workstation domain DELACRUZ
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain NOTEBOOKXP
COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
C:\Documents and Settings>