XP has no "Computers Near Me"

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Vaughn

How do I get "Computers Near Me" to show up in Windows
Explorer. I'm using XP Pro and want to be able to see
another computer running W2K on my network. I can see the
XP box from the W2K box but not vice-versa.
Thanks
 
Vaughn said:
How do I get "Computers Near Me" to show up in Windows
Explorer. I'm using XP Pro and want to be able to see
another computer running W2K on my network. I can see the
XP box from the W2K box but not vice-versa.
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Vaughn,

sorry, I'm looking for that same answer myself. But meanwhile
you can still look at the other computers by going into the
Entire Network, then Microsoft Windows Network.

Hans-Georg
 
-----Original Message-----
How do I get "Computers Near Me" to show up in Windows
Explorer. I'm using XP Pro and want to be able to see
another computer running W2K on my network. I can see the
XP box from the W2K box but not vice-versa.
Thanks
.
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To see computers in the "Computers Near Me" you need to
have all that computers in same domain as you are.
 
I am in the same Domain and the "Computers Near Me" folder
still doesn't appear.

Also, when I click on the Microsoft Windows Network I see
the other computer (running W2K) but it asks for a
username and password to get into it. I never had to do
that when both machines were running W2K.

So how do I get:
1. Computers Near Me to show up as a folder? (Both
computers are in the same Domain), and
2. How do I eliminate the username and password for the
W2K machine when I'm in MS Windows Network?

Thanks,
Vaughn
 
Vaughn,

"Computers Near Me" won't show up in a domain, it's in workgroup/home
network mode.

at least as far as I've ever seen, in a domain you need to do a drill down.
Or add items to your network favorites

HTH

Diane
 
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