Home Network XP and 98SE & SP2?

[Gary SS120966]

Hi

I have a home network with 2 desktops. One is running 98SE, the other
XP home. They are connected through a Linksys router and were working
fine. When I do a "Net View" both PCs show up.

I am in the process of transitioning to a new hard drive and reinstall
of the XP including SP2. Now when I attempt to network the two, I can
see the 98 from the XP but not the other way around. I have tried
using the network wizard, including the protocol to install on the 98
machine, no luck. I am able to ping the XP box, but that is it.

When I do a "Net View" from either PC, the only PC I see is the 98
machine. I have confirmed that the built in firewall is turned off,
and Zone Alarm is set exactly the same way it was prior to the hard
drive change.

I can see no discernable difference between the settings before and
after the new hard drive. Fortunately, I can boot between my two hard
drives right now. The old configuration still works, the new one
doesn't.

Any pearls of wisdom?

 

[Menno Hershberger]

(e-mail address removed) (Gary SS120966) wrote in

Hi

I have a home network with 2 desktops. One is running 98SE, the other
XP home. They are connected through a Linksys router and were working
fine. When I do a "Net View" both PCs show up.

I am in the process of transitioning to a new hard drive and reinstall
of the XP including SP2. Now when I attempt to network the two, I can
see the 98 from the XP but not the other way around. I have tried
using the network wizard, including the protocol to install on the 98
machine, no luck. I am able to ping the XP box, but that is it.

When I do a "Net View" from either PC, the only PC I see is the 98
machine. I have confirmed that the built in firewall is turned off,
and Zone Alarm is set exactly the same way it was prior to the hard
drive change.

I can see no discernable difference between the settings before and
after the new hard drive. Fortunately, I can boot between my two hard
drives right now. The old configuration still works, the new one
doesn't.

Any pearls of wisdom?

File sharing turned on on the XP machine?
Did you try turning Zone Alarm off?

 

[Gary SS120966]

File sharing turned on on the XP machine?
Did you try turning Zone Alarm off?

Yup... file and print sharing are set up on the XP machine...

Tried turning off ZA and also uninstalling it too.... no go