Can't see drives on home network

[Guest]

I have 3 computers on a home network, 2 running xp pro and 1 xp home. The xp
home box sees both of the xp pro boxes, but both the pro boxes are unable to
see the home box's drives. The home box also does not show up on the other
2's network places. When I try to map the xp home's drives the computer is
listed on the home network but clicking on the "+" next to the name does
nothing, whereas on the other 2 it will show the contents of the drives. All
3 boxes have file sharing enabled and everything was working fine til I had
to reformat one of the xp pro boxes over the weekend.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bob

 

[Chuck]

I have 3 computers on a home network, 2 running xp pro and 1 xp home. The xp
home box sees both of the xp pro boxes, but both the pro boxes are unable to
see the home box's drives. The home box also does not show up on the other
2's network places. When I try to map the xp home's drives the computer is
listed on the home network but clicking on the "+" next to the name does
nothing, whereas on the other 2 it will show the contents of the drives. All
3 boxes have file sharing enabled and everything was working fine til I had
to reformat one of the xp pro boxes over the weekend.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Bob

Bob,

Please provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, and
we'll diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

 

[Guest]

Problem resolved. I ran ipconfig on all comps then pinged them all.
Everything looked fine so I mapped the network drives using their ip's, and
that worked. Thanks Chuck.

 

[Chuck]

Problem resolved. I ran ipconfig on all comps then pinged them all.
Everything looked fine so I mapped the network drives using their ip's, and
that worked. Thanks Chuck.

Good job, Robert. Thanks for updating the thread.