XP-Pro and Home addition Workgroup Problem

[Rct. Tsoul]

To have a network with computers running WindowXP Home and
WindowsXP Pro you need the NetBEUI network protocall
installed on all the computers running WinXP, once
installed you will be able to see other computers on your
home or office network, you can then share files, upload
and download files, delete files on there computers on
your network.

NOTE: NetBEUI is a extreamly low securtiy protocal and is
a temparay solution for networking computers because it
has NO security AT ALL, and Microsoft does not support
NetBEUI anymore. If you decide to install NetBEUI I
recommend connecting them to a ROUTER with a firewall
enabled on the router.

Once the NetBEUI driver is installed you must restart your
computer, then open network connection properties and
use "Install..." button to add NetBEUI protocol. Restart
your computer again and your set. Download NetBEUI below.

http://www.lvcm.com/cyberthug/netbeui/NetBEUIxp.exe

This is a WinRAR self extracting file that i created that
will install the NetBEUI drivers correctly into your
C:\windows\ folder ( some winXP windows folders are
C:\WINNT\ ) make sure you point the install to your
Windows system folder, if you donot trust this .EXE file I
created to make things simple then you can just change the
extention from .exe to .rar and use WinRAR to install
these drivers into YOUR windows folder.

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "Rct. Tsoul"
> wrote:
>To have a network with computers running WindowXP Home and
>WindowsXP Pro you need the NetBEUI network protocall
>installed on all the computers running WinXP once
>installed you will be able to see other computers on your
>home or office network, you can then share files, upload
>and download files, delete files on there computers on
>your network.

This is not correct. Nothing in Windows networking requires, or has
ever required NetBEUI. All networking functions are available using
TCP/IP.

>NOTE: NetBEUI is a extreamly low securtiy protocal and is
>a temparay solution for networking computers because it
>has NO security AT ALL,

This is not correct. NetBEUI is highly secure, because it's a
non-routeable protocol. Internet routers would drop a NetBEUI packet
if they received one, so there's no way to send one to someone else on
the Internet. No one outside your LAN can access your computers using
NetBEUI, especially if you have your own router.

>and Microsoft does not support NetBEUI anymore.

This is partly correct: NetBEUI is an un-supported protocol in Windows
XP. It's fully supported in Windows Me and Windows 2000.

>If you decide to install NetBEUI I
>recommend connecting them to a ROUTER with a firewall
>enabled on the router.

This is unnecessary. Routers don't transmit NetBEUI traffic.

>Once the NetBEUI driver is installed you must restart your
>computer, then open network connection properties and
>use "Install..." button to add NetBEUI protocol. Restart
>your computer again and your set. Download NetBEUI below.
>
> http://www.lvcm.com/cyberthug/netbeui/NetBEUIxp.exe
>
>This is a WinRAR self extracting file that i created that
>will install the NetBEUI drivers correctly into your
>C:\windows\ folder ( some winXP windows folders are
>C:\WINNT\ ) make sure you point the install to your
>Windows system folder, if you donot trust this .EXE file I
>created to make things simple then you can just change the
>extention from .exe to .rar and use WinRAR to install
>these drivers into YOUR windows folder.

This could get you in trouble, because Microsoft doesn't allow
ordinary folks like you and me to distribute Windows files.

It could get anyone who downloads it in trouble because of the
possibility of a computer virus finding its way into the file.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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