Why do my computers hate me?

[Guest]

I've had a network working for years. I finally decided to upgrade the office
PC to WinXP, and all of a sudden I've got issues. I can't get back into my
network from my office PC, although I used the upgrade package of XP.
Everything should've stayed the same, right? Besides that, I've tried to
create a network, and made the network setup disk to run on the other two
machines that use Win 98se. Doesn't help.

Any help would be greatly appreciated; my business depends on this network,
and I can't afford to pull anymore hair out.

Thanks.

 

[Chuck]

I've had a network working for years. I finally decided to upgrade the office
PC to WinXP, and all of a sudden I've got issues. I can't get back into my
network from my office PC, although I used the upgrade package of XP.
Everything should've stayed the same, right? Besides that, I've tried to
create a network, and made the network setup disk to run on the other two
machines that use Win 98se. Doesn't help.

Any help would be greatly appreciated; my business depends on this network,
and I can't afford to pull anymore hair out.

Thanks.

Tom,

There are several possible side effects from an upgrade to Windows XP, but it
will be a lot easier to diagnose your problem if you can provide some more
details. Please read these articles, and all relevant linked articles:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>