i have 2 desktops and on laptop computers the laptop and one of the desktops
have winxp home with sp2 on it the outher desktop has win xppro with sp1 on
it i can get the two that have xp home to see each outher on the network but
when i try to get the outher on the net work it wont see the outher two iver
tried all of the trouble shooting and still no .Could it be because with the
win xppro i need the sp2 installed or could it be that i am missing something
.Just to inform the xppro unit is my primary unit i use it for gamming and
when sp2 came out i was afrad to install for all the programs it was not to
sapport including my printer
Are all 3 computers in the same workgroup?
Is Windows Firewall enabled on the SP2 systems? If so, have you enabled the
File and Printer Sharing exception?
If that doesn't help, look for a browser conflict (this is not Internet Explorer
I'm talking about). With three computers, you should have a master and a backup
browser.
Make sure the browser service is running on the desktop computers. Control
Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and
the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable
the browser on the laptop computer.
After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each. Then power each back on.
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 give the same result.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
The browser requires anonymous access, so look at registry key
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous, on each
computer.
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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
The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K
is NT V5.0.
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
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