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I cannot set up my home network

I have conected all the cables but XP will not share files when instructed. I have pressed every option avalible, I even tried it round a freinds house and Windows XP does not seem to be able to create a successful file sharing network like the good old windows 98 did. I am the adminstrator with a password etc but XP will not share the files

I woud be very grateful for your help
Dean
 
I cannot set up my home network!

I have conected all the cables but XP will not share files when instructed. I have pressed every option avalible, I even tried it round a freinds house and Windows XP does not seem to be able to create a successful file sharing network like the good old windows 98 did. I am the adminstrator with a password etc but XP will not share the files!

I woud be very grateful for your help.
Dean
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Dean,

Can you get connectivity between this computer and another? How are they
connected? Simple cable (is it a cross-over?)? Hub? Router?

With this computer and another connected:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / failure of each of 10 pings.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer, as connected.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

What OS (name / version) is on each computer?

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks, on both computers? Do you have shares setup on both?

Are you pruning NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on both computers?

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

Check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel - Folder Options - View -
Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro, you need to have the
SFS settings the same on each computer.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.

And please don't contribute to the spread of email address mining viruses.
Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when
posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - never
post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
I cannot set up my home network!

I have conected all the cables but XP will not share files when instructed. I have pressed every option avalible, I even tried it round a freinds house and Windows XP does not seem to be able to create a successful file sharing network like the good old windows 98 did. I am the adminstrator with a password etc but XP will not share the files!

I woud be very grateful for your help.
Dean
Click to expand...

Dean,

Can you get connectivity between this computer and another? How are they
connected? Simple cable (is it a cross-over?)? Hub? Router?

With this computer and another connected:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / failure of each of 10 pings.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer, as connected.
Start - Run - "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in
Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

What OS (name / version) is on each computer?

Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks, on both computers? Do you have shares setup on both?

Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on both computers?

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

Check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel - Folder Options - View -
Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro, you need to have the
SFS settings the same on each computer.

If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".

If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure that the Guest
account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers.
If "Classic", setup and use a common account with identical, non-blank, password
on all computers.

And please don't contribute to the spread of email address mining viruses.
Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when
posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - never
post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Hi Dean,
You really do not provide enough information to allow us
to help. Please provide more configuration iformation:
1. How many computers?
2. What operating systems are on the computers?
3. Are all the machines configured with the same network
protocol (TCP/IP)?
4. What are the IP configurations of the
computers? "ipconfig /all > c:\ipconfig.txt" for XP
5. Is the "file and print sharing for Microsoft
networks" service installed on the XP machine? If so, in
the network properties dialog, is there a check box next
to the service, indicating that it is enabled and bound
properly?
6. Is the firewall service turned on and enabled? If
so, is it set to permit access from the local network?
7. Do you actually have folders and/or printers shared
on the XP machine?
8. If all the above is correct, can you ping each of the
machines from each of the other machines?
9. Are you using DHCP, like from ICS or a DSL router, or
something? Or are you manually assigning IP addresses.
If manual, have you updated the \windows\system32
\drivers\etc\hosts file with the names and IP addresses
of all the machines on the local network?
10. Are all the machines configured in the same
workgroup?
11. Does each computer have a unique name?

Hope this helps.

Thanks, Jack
-----Original Message-----
I cannot set up my home network!

I have conected all the cables but XP will not share
Click to expand...
files when instructed. I have pressed every option
avalible, I even tried it round a freinds house and
Windows XP does not seem to be able to create a
successful file sharing network like the good old windows
98 did. I am the adminstrator with a password etc but XP
will not share the files!
 
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