Nutty Networking between XP Machines on My LAN

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OK, I have a LAN with two XP and two W2K machines. The XP machines are
BigGuy and LapDog (laptop). BG is my personal PC in the house. LD is an
infrequently used PC (new Gateway) that I put on my LAN from time to time.
This morning I tried to copy a file from LD to BG, but it wouldn't allow it.
BG can see LD, but it cannot connect. LD can see BG and access its C-drive
(but I can't save to it). How do I get BG to actually access LD's folders
and files? On the other hand, how do I get LD to be able to save files on
BG's c-drive?

As an aside, I tried sharing the C:\tmp of LD, but a message told me to copy
it into the Shared Folders. Seems strange to me. I've never had to do that
before when trying to arrange folder or dirve shares.

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OK, I have a LAN with two XP and two W2K machines. The XP machines are
BigGuy and LapDog (laptop). BG is my personal PC in the house. LD is an
infrequently used PC (new Gateway) that I put on my LAN from time to time.
This morning I tried to copy a file from LD to BG, but it wouldn't allow it.
BG can see LD, but it cannot connect. LD can see BG and access its C-drive
(but I can't save to it). How do I get BG to actually access LD's folders
and files? On the other hand, how do I get LD to be able to save files on
BG's c-drive?

As an aside, I tried sharing the C:\tmp of LD, but a message told me to copy
it into the Shared Folders. Seems strange to me. I've never had to do that
before when trying to arrange folder or dirve shares.
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Wayne,

Your latter experience sounds like Simple File Sharing, where you're only using
the Shared Folders.

Your overall experience sounds like either a NetBT setting, or a personal
firewall setting. You have to be consistent with NetBT.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

Look at "browstat status" logs, from each computer, and diagnose the problem.
Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely
(download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
 
Thanks for the info. I printed the pages. I suspect it's McAffe. The 90 day
period for some of the 'extras' has run out on the laptop, and I probably
need to clean up a few things. When I got the laptop, I had recently had
other problems then and hired a guy to re-set my network. He got the laptop
up and running along with the other three PCs. I had no interest in sharing
the laptop at the time, but recently needed to get a 2G file off it. A
network xfer seemed appropriate, but I'm now stalled.

I think I'm going to burn a DVD for the moment, and then come back to the
sharing problem, and some general clean up of the 90 day extra stuff. I'd
like not to be stalled on this for the moment.
 
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