Why do XP computers show up in Network Neighborhood?

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Dave_M

I believe that for an XP machine you have to have loaded
the NetBEUI protocol on the XP machine. It does not load
as part of the standard IP protocol package.

On the XP disk, go to \Valueadd\Msft\Net\NetBeui.
Copy "Nbf.sys" to %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers

Copy "Netnbf.inf" to %SystemRoot%\Inf(hidden)

And make sure all are in the same workgroup
 
"Dave_M" said:
I believe that for an XP machine you have to have loaded
the NetBEUI protocol on the XP machine. It does not load
as part of the standard IP protocol package.

On the XP disk, go to \Valueadd\Msft\Net\NetBeui.
Copy "Nbf.sys" to %SystemRoot%\System32\Drivers

Copy "Netnbf.inf" to %SystemRoot%\Inf(hidden)

And make sure all are in the same workgroup
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No, that's not right. Nothing in Windows networking requires NetBEUI.
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