HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! networking xp and 2000

[Guest]

I am trying to network a pc running windows xp and a pc running windows 2000. I have shared a folder on the 2000 pc and set it so everybodybody has all access rights to it. The two pc's are running off a wireless netgear router. Both pc's can ping each other but when i click on network neighbourhood on the xp machine it does not find the shared folder on the 2000 machine ...

any help MUCH appreciated!!!!!

 

[Guest]

Are you shure both computers are in the same network enviroment?

- same workgroup
or
- same domain

to see this:

1) rightclick on my computer --> click on properties
2) go to tab Computer name
3) click on change

there you can see --> member of with 2 textboxes with labels domain & workgroup

do this on both computers

 

[Chuck]

I am trying to network a pc running windows xp and a pc running windows 2000. I have shared a folder on the 2000 pc and set it so everybodybody has all access rights to it. The two pc's are running off a wireless netgear router. Both pc's can ping each other but when i click on network neighbourhood on the xp machine it does not find the shared folder on the 2000 machine ...

any help MUCH appreciated!!!!!

Paul,


Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

From the XP computer - Start - Run - \\IPAddressOf2KComputer - does the share on
the 2K computer show up now?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.