I have just set up 2 PC's using peer to peer.
Both run win xp Home one with SP 2 and one with SP1.
My problem is that SP2 machine can see SP1 machine in network places. But
cannot access the computer.
SP1 machine cannot see SP2 machine in my network places but can acess it
through the command un "run" \\sp2 from which the drive is now shared.
Any ideas why SP2 cannot access SP1?
Is it due to the fact that both do not have the same SP's installed.
Thanks in advance.
Rob,
I don't think your problem is totally caused by the difference in SP levels, but
SP2 might be involved.
Is Windows Firewall enabled on the SP2 computer? If so, is File and Printer
Sharing exception enabled?
Next check for a browser conflict - I"m not talking about Internet Explorer
here. The browser is the program that allows any computer to see any other
computer on the LAN.With a 2 computer LAN, you only need the browser running on
1 computer.
Make sure the browser service is running on one of the computers. Control Panel
- Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Stop, and
Disable the browser on the other computer.
After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each. Then power the Windows XP computers on, and
finally the Windows 98 and ME computers on.
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
You can download Browstat from either:
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http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
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http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
If no help yet, provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.
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Cheers,
Chuck
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