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I have 5 PCs all running Windows XPPro SP2; A, B, C, D & E. A can Explore to
B, C, D, & E and B, C, and D can do the same. E however, can not see A, B,C,
or D; it does see itself. All are in the workgroup, WORKGROUP, all have
firewall checked off. Again, when you go to the control pannel of E, the
Secrutiy Center shows Firewall ON, but if you click the firewall Icon, it
shows the firewall truned off (Not Reccomended). I checked the usual
Internet settings, why I have not idea, thinking they were causing the false
Securtiy Center indicator. I desparately need to get the PC into the network.

I look for some additional guidance on this issue.

Gandulf
 
Gandulf said:
I have 5 PCs all running Windows XPPro SP2; A, B, C, D & E. A can
Explore to
B, C, D, & E and B, C, and D can do the same. E however, can not see
A, B,C,
or D; it does see itself. All are in the workgroup, WORKGROUP, all
have
firewall checked off. Again, when you go to the control pannel of E,
the Secrutiy Center shows Firewall ON, but if you click the firewall
Icon, it
shows the firewall truned off (Not Reccomended). I checked the usual
Internet settings, why I have not idea, thinking they were causing the
false
Securtiy Center indicator. I desparately need to get the PC into the
network.
Click to expand...

It sounds like you have a third-party firewall set on PC E, possibly
from an antivirus with an "Internet Worm Protection" function like
Norton has. Look more carefully at any security software you've
installed.

If these computers have Internet access, they need to all have a
firewall running (just *one*). The firewalls need to be configured to
allow lan traffic as trusted.

Since all machines are XP Pro, make sure the Simple Sharing setting
(Folder Options>View) is the same on all 5 machines. With such a small
amount of computers, I would disable Simple Sharing and create
identical user accounts/passwords on all the machines for
authentication.

If this doesn't help you, go through this small network troubleshooter
by MVP Hans-Georg Michna:

http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

If you take the time to go through it, it will usually pinpoint the
problem area(s).

Malke
 
Norton Antivius was causing the problem. The post solved the problem,
however, as usual I can not find any place to rate you response. There is a
question link at the bottom "Why should I rate a post?", but nowhere to do
the rating.

Gandulf
 
Gandulf said:
Norton Antivius was causing the problem. The post solved the problem,
however, as usual I can not find any place to rate you response.
There is a question link at the bottom "Why should I rate a post?",
but nowhere to do the rating.
Click to expand...

I'm glad I was able to help you. Since I - and other regulars - never
use the web interface, I can't help you with it except to say that the
web interface is awful. You'll get a lot more out of these newsgroups
if you access them the "normal" way - with a real newsreader. It is
very easy to set one up. Here's information about that:

Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you
learn to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows,
but you can use Outlook Express since you already have it. Here are
some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://groups.google.com/support/bin/static.py?page=basics.html - Basics
of Usenet
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief
explanation of newsgroups

Using Outlook Express as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outlookexpressnewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm

How to Post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

http://aumha.org/nntp.htm - list of MS newsgroups
microsoft.public.test.here - MS group to test if your newsreader is
working properly
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm - how to munge email address
http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm - multiposting vs.
crossposting

Malke
 
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