Including Windows XP Home Edition in a Windows 2000 Network

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I have a Network with 3 computers running Windows 2000 Professional and I
recently bought a computer that runs with Windows XP Home Edition.

My real goal is not to make it part of the entire network, really. All I
wanted to be able to do is to access the Outlook .pst file, which is shared
by all the three computers in the network, with the computer running Windows
XP. I don't even want to share or access any other file between the network
and the new computer.
However, unless there is another way I am not aware of, I must add the
computer with the Windows XP to the Windows 2000 network in order to access
the .pst file.

The problem is that nothing I do seem to work. I've tried to run the network
setup wizard on the new computer, I tried to match user names and passwords,
I made sure that the firewall is not blocking the process, I tried to enable
the new computer for sharing and I even researched the community but nothing
has worked so far.

If I run the diagnostic on the new computer, everything seems to be ok but
for one thing. The Ping never returns and ends up timing out.
If I try to map the network drive from any of the computers that are on the
network already, I can see the new computer on the list of computers on the
network but when I click on it to try and access something, I can't see any
folders available.
If I try to map the network drive on the computer with windows XP, I can't
see any of the other computers at all.
 
I have a Network with 3 computers running Windows 2000 Professional and I
recently bought a computer that runs with Windows XP Home Edition.

My real goal is not to make it part of the entire network, really. All I
wanted to be able to do is to access the Outlook .pst file, which is shared
by all the three computers in the network, with the computer running Windows
XP. I don't even want to share or access any other file between the network
and the new computer.
However, unless there is another way I am not aware of, I must add the
computer with the Windows XP to the Windows 2000 network in order to access
the .pst file.

The problem is that nothing I do seem to work. I've tried to run the network
setup wizard on the new computer, I tried to match user names and passwords,
I made sure that the firewall is not blocking the process, I tried to enable
the new computer for sharing and I even researched the community but nothing
has worked so far.

If I run the diagnostic on the new computer, everything seems to be ok but
for one thing. The Ping never returns and ends up timing out.
If I try to map the network drive from any of the computers that are on the
network already, I can see the new computer on the list of computers on the
network but when I click on it to try and access something, I can't see any
folders available.
If I try to map the network drive on the computer with windows XP, I can't
see any of the other computers at all.
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If you want to access a file on another computer, you must add the new computer
to the network. That doesn't mean that you have to make any shared data
available on the network from the computer in question though. Get it working
first, then we can address any questions about what you don't want to do.

The thing to remember is that all of the things which you have done need to be
done correctly. If there are multiple problems, you need to fix each problem,
starting with physical ones.

Read my troubleshooting guide, in order. Fix each problem, starting from any
physical ones, before moving to the next level of challenges.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html>

Next, let's diagnose the problems. Start by providing "ipconfig /all" from
three computers. Instructions for proving "ipconfig /all":
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/reading-ipconfig-and-diagnosing.html>
# The computer that has the target .pst file.
# One of the computers that CAN access the target file.
# The problem computer.
 
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