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I'm an MCSE but not familiar with XP Home /SP2 Edition.
For years I've maintained a workgroup of 98SE machines running TCP/IP quite
nicely.
I've recently added a Presario XP Home /SP Edition machine that came setup
with only NWLink.
So I added TCP/IP and set it up on the XP machine.
I got all the machines to ping each other (98SE and XP).
I established a workgroup on the XP machine with the same name of my
existing 98SE network workgroup name (tho the dialog screen only displayed
uppercase).
I created a generic folder ( called "Drivers") off the root of the XP with
some unused files in it and established sharing with no passwords on the
share and disabled the firewall for that LAN connection.
When I opened "My Network Places" on the XP machine my generic shared folder
displayed. However, the 98SE machines did not list the XP entity in Network
Neighborhood.
I borrowed a friend's laptop running XP and connected it to my switch and it
found my XP share just fine on the laptop. But I noticed the laptop was only
running NWLink, no TCP/IP.
Thinking that NWLink was crowding out my TCP/IP browsing, I removed NWLink
from my protocol list. When I did this, however, my share listing
dissappeared from the My Network Places screen.
After a long delay when opening My Network Places, I get the error message
{myworkgroupname}"...is not accessible...see...administrator...find out if
you have access permissions...". The last line reads "The list of servers
for this workgroup is not currently available."
The 98SE machines make no mention of the XP machine in Network Neighborhood.
I'm logged in as "Administrator", have assigned no share passwords (that I
know of). NOTE: this is all happening on just the XP machine. The 98SE
machines display the XP workgroup name in Network Neighborhood if I
momentarily change it to a different name to list it separate from their
workgroup name, but no folders or files are listed, of course.
When I re-install NWLink, My Network Places once again displays my share.
Of course, the 98SE machines don't see the share cause they're not running
NWLink.
How can I get my shares to display in My Network Places and, ultimately,
Network Neighborhood by using only TCP/IP and removing NWLink from my XP Home
machine? I would greatly appreciate any help?
For years I've maintained a workgroup of 98SE machines running TCP/IP quite
nicely.
I've recently added a Presario XP Home /SP Edition machine that came setup
with only NWLink.
So I added TCP/IP and set it up on the XP machine.
I got all the machines to ping each other (98SE and XP).
I established a workgroup on the XP machine with the same name of my
existing 98SE network workgroup name (tho the dialog screen only displayed
uppercase).
I created a generic folder ( called "Drivers") off the root of the XP with
some unused files in it and established sharing with no passwords on the
share and disabled the firewall for that LAN connection.
When I opened "My Network Places" on the XP machine my generic shared folder
displayed. However, the 98SE machines did not list the XP entity in Network
Neighborhood.
I borrowed a friend's laptop running XP and connected it to my switch and it
found my XP share just fine on the laptop. But I noticed the laptop was only
running NWLink, no TCP/IP.
Thinking that NWLink was crowding out my TCP/IP browsing, I removed NWLink
from my protocol list. When I did this, however, my share listing
dissappeared from the My Network Places screen.
After a long delay when opening My Network Places, I get the error message
{myworkgroupname}"...is not accessible...see...administrator...find out if
you have access permissions...". The last line reads "The list of servers
for this workgroup is not currently available."
The 98SE machines make no mention of the XP machine in Network Neighborhood.
I'm logged in as "Administrator", have assigned no share passwords (that I
know of). NOTE: this is all happening on just the XP machine. The 98SE
machines display the XP workgroup name in Network Neighborhood if I
momentarily change it to a different name to list it separate from their
workgroup name, but no folders or files are listed, of course.
When I re-install NWLink, My Network Places once again displays my share.
Of course, the 98SE machines don't see the share cause they're not running
NWLink.
How can I get my shares to display in My Network Places and, ultimately,
Network Neighborhood by using only TCP/IP and removing NWLink from my XP Home
machine? I would greatly appreciate any help?