Still unable to connect to XP

[Ian D Samson]

My main computer is running Windows 2000 Pro SP4. My standby/new
machine runs XP Home. While I can see the computer in the list of
computers, I cannot connect to it because it says it is unable to
connect to the workgroup 'home' - the name I have given the workgroup
on both machines. Both machines are connected via 100Mbps Ethernet
Cat5 cable to a router, the router is connected to the internet via
ADSL line. I have set up each Drive C for sharing and set the correct
permissions, but when I type \\<pc name> on my machine, I get an
error, and when I type \\<mymachinename> on the other PC, I also get
an error. Is there something inherently wrong with trying to network
two different operating systems? Why does Microsoft make their
networking so difficult? Banyan VINES and Novell NetWare are a synch
compared.

Thanks.

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

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My main computer is running Windows 2000 Pro SP4. My standby/new
machine runs XP Home. While I can see the computer in the list of
computers, I cannot connect to it because it says it is unable to
connect to the workgroup 'home' - the name I have given the workgroup
on both machines. Both machines are connected via 100Mbps Ethernet
Cat5 cable to a router, the router is connected to the internet via
ADSL line. I have set up each Drive C for sharing and set the correct
permissions, but when I type \\<pc name> on my machine, I get an
error, and when I type \\<mymachinename> on the other PC, I also get
an error. Is there something inherently wrong with trying to network
two different operating systems? Why does Microsoft make their
networking so difficult? Banyan VINES and Novell NetWare are a synch
compared.

Thanks.

what happens if you type \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where the x's are the IP
address's of each machine rather than the names

 

[Ian D Samson]

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what happens if you type \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx where the x's are the IP
addresses of each machine rather than the names

Hi Steve, THANKS!! I typed \\10.0.0.34\ and immediately got in. Now I
have to check the permissions on folders to allow "remote support"
because all users but the Default User and All Users folders I am
denied access, so I can only assume it's got something to do with the
permissions. I also need to block access from the other machine to
various private folders on my machine to stop quizzy people from
looking at my files.

Thanks again.
Ian

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

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Hi Steve, THANKS!! I typed \\10.0.0.34\ and immediately got in. Now I
have to check the permissions on folders to allow "remote support"
because all users but the Default User and All Users folders I am
denied access, so I can only assume it's got something to do with the
permissions. I also need to block access from the other machine to
various private folders on my machine to stop quizzy people from
looking at my files.

Thanks again.
Ian

No probs, all it is is name resolution not working

Thanks for the feedback

 

[Ian D Samson]

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No probs, all it is is name resolution not working

Thanks for the feedback

So do I need to switch on the W2K/XP DNS? I would do that in UNIX
anyway.

 

[Steve Parry [MVP]]

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So do I need to switch on the W2K/XP DNS? I would do that in UNIX
anyway.

Switch on ? If you have DNS servers on your network you should have the
settings entered anyway.

There's a radio button in the WINS tab of your network settings that has
"Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" try setting that to see if it helps.
Alternatively you could put the address's of each machine in each others
HOSTS file.

 

[Ian D Samson]

InIan D Samson <[email protected]> wibbled







Switch on ? If you have DNS servers on your network you should have the
settings entered anyway.

There's a radio button in the WINS tab of your network settings that has
"Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" try setting that to see if it helps.
Alternatively you could put the address's of each machine in each others
HOSTS file.

Thank you Steve, I have enabled NetBIOS over TCPIP and everything
works great, except even though I am logged into the XP machine as
Administrator, it will not allow me to change group folder rights. I
have to go to the actual machine and do it there, I have remote
administration on, but that doesn't seem to help at all. I need to be
able to administer all 3 machines from my W2K desktop, without having
the hassle of going to each machine, logging the user out, logging
myself in as Administrator, changing the security/sharing settings,
log out, log in, ad nauseum!