Steve Winograd
April 11th 03, 08:12 PM
In article >, "Cliff Dillard"
> wrote:
>I have a home network running under XP Home Edition. I
>have a Sony (main) and a Gateway (satelite) on the
>network and sharing folders and printers. Both machines
>use XP. I am trying to add a third machine, a Compaq
>running Windows 2000. The network setup disk created off
>of my Sony does not run, a message says that utility does
>not work with 2000. The compaq is getting to the
>Internet through the network and I have flagged my
>drives/folders as shared but I cannot get the Compaq to
>show up on the network. Any tips would be appreciated.
>Thanks
Set the Compaq's workgroup name to MSHOME to match the name on XP.
This isn't 100% necessary, but it makes networking easier when there's
only one workgroup.
Make sure that NetBIOS Over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers:
1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the local area network connection and click Properties.
3. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click WINS.
6. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
For more tips:
Windows XP Network Troubleshooting
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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> wrote:
>I have a home network running under XP Home Edition. I
>have a Sony (main) and a Gateway (satelite) on the
>network and sharing folders and printers. Both machines
>use XP. I am trying to add a third machine, a Compaq
>running Windows 2000. The network setup disk created off
>of my Sony does not run, a message says that utility does
>not work with 2000. The compaq is getting to the
>Internet through the network and I have flagged my
>drives/folders as shared but I cannot get the Compaq to
>show up on the network. Any tips would be appreciated.
>Thanks
Set the Compaq's workgroup name to MSHOME to match the name on XP.
This isn't 100% necessary, but it makes networking easier when there's
only one workgroup.
Make sure that NetBIOS Over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers:
1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the local area network connection and click Properties.
3. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click WINS.
6. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.
For more tips:
Windows XP Network Troubleshooting
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com