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[Brad]

Hi all,

Normally there are two PC's on the network - 1 Win2000 Pro
and 1 XP Pro. The Workgroup is named 'Home'. These two
PC's have internet connectivity and are networked just
fine sharing each other's C-Drive and the printer hanging
on the Win2000 machine.

I'm trying to add the portable from the office (Win XP
Pro) which is normally part of a domain but logs on to the
local computer and not the domain. I have removed the PC
from the domain and added it to the Workgroup named 'Home'.

This portable from the office is shown under the 'Home'
workgroup on the other two PC's however when I attempt to
click on the icon for this PC the following message is
displayed:

\\COMPUTERNAME is not accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact the
administrator of this server to find out......

Under the 'Home' workgroup on the portable in question the
other two PC's are not shown.

All three PC's are logged on using the same UserName and
password. The C-Drive is shared in the same manner:
Everyone has full rights.

What am I missing?

Thanks,
Brad

 

[Guest]

hope this helps som

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318030&Product=winx

 

[Paul Woodsford]

Is the XP firewall active on the laptop LAN connection?

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: Hi all,
:
: Normally there are two PC's on the network - 1 Win2000 Pro
: and 1 XP Pro. The Workgroup is named 'Home'. These two
: PC's have internet connectivity and are networked just
: fine sharing each other's C-Drive and the printer hanging
: on the Win2000 machine.
:
: I'm trying to add the portable from the office (Win XP
: Pro) which is normally part of a domain but logs on to the
: local computer and not the domain. I have removed the PC
: from the domain and added it to the Workgroup named 'Home'.
:
: This portable from the office is shown under the 'Home'
: workgroup on the other two PC's however when I attempt to
: click on the icon for this PC the following message is
: displayed:
:
: \\COMPUTERNAME is not accessible. You might not have
: permission to use this network resource. Contact the
: administrator of this server to find out......
:
: Under the 'Home' workgroup on the portable in question the
: other two PC's are not shown.
:
: All three PC's are logged on using the same UserName and
: password. The C-Drive is shared in the same manner:
: Everyone has full rights.
:
: What am I missing?
:
: Thanks,
: Brad