No home network since SP2 upgrade

[Terry Lowe]

I had my notebook and desktop connected via a home network and everything
was working fine until I installed SP2 on both systems. Now the notebook
(running XP Home SP2) cannot see the desktop (running XP Pro SP2). I have
tried everythng I know of. It appears from this group that many folks are
having similar issues. Has anyone else found a solution to this problem?

Terry

 

[Jerry]

Try here http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/ or here
http://www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

 

[Malke]

I had my notebook and desktop connected via a home network and
everything was working fine until I installed SP2 on both systems. Now
the notebook (running XP Home SP2) cannot see the desktop (running XP
Pro SP2). I have tried everythng I know of. It appears from this group
that many folks are having similar issues. Has anyone else found a
solution to this problem?

Terry

Since we don't know what "tried everything I know of" entails, it's
impossible to give you specific advice. SP2 automatically turns on the
Windows Firewall. Go to its applet in Control Panel and add your home
network (lan) to the exceptions as Trusted.

Malke