XP Pro x64 unable to browse or open share on XP Home Peer

[John Hupp]

I have a Windows XP Pro x64 desktop and an XP Home notebook with a shared
hidden folder I have set up on the notebook (C:\<foldername>). There are
also some shared folders on the Pro x64 machine. They are connected via a
router/switch. The XP Home notebook can see and access the shares on the
Pro x64, but the Pro x64 cannot see or browse the XP Home, or access its
shared folder via UNC.

In terms of things I have looked at: Both computers are members of
WORKGROUP. Both have a matching administrative user account and password
(the Administrator account, passworded on both machines). The Guest account
was temporarily activated on the Home machine. I enabled NetBIOS over
TCP/IP on both machines. The Computer Browser service is running on both.
I ran the Network Setup Wizard on the XP Home computer. I temporarily
disabled the software firewalls on both machines. Both machines have good
Internet access, by the way. For the XP Home shared folder's Properties,
the Sharing tab does not have a Permissions button, so as far as I know I'm
not running into a Permissions/Rights issue.

I have not yet installed NetBEUI to allow it that protocol.

What else should I look at?

--John Hupp

 

[Guest]

I am Having the same problem between my XP Prop x64 and an XP MCE x86
machine. Additionally, I am unable to ad the x64 machine to my local domain
(running on an x86 Server 2003 AD). In the "Computer Name Changes" dialouge
box, there is verbiage to the effect that I cannot chnage the workgroup or
add the computer to a domain until I "install networking". Since I am able
to browse the internet, and other computers can access my shared folders, it
would seem as though networking is installed, and the message doesn't specify
wether there is a specific protocol missing.

If anyone has a solution for this, it would be much appreciated!