Problems connecting XP to win2k - help greatly appreciated....

[Charlie]

I have the same problem as do many of the present group.
What SP Pack is on the Win 2000 Machine ???
From my 2000 Machine I can access any files on my XP
machine but not the other way around, Also (MICROSOFT IF
YOUR PAYING ATTENTION< THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM and
GROWING) FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN !!!!!
>-----Original Message-----
>Can anyone help out there??
>
>I have 2 machines - xp home (unfortunately) and win2k,
and are trying
>to network these together with a switch as i plan to add
another PC v
>soon. The Xp machine has static ip of 192.168.1.1 and
subnet
>255.255.255.0. the win 2k has same subnet with IP of
192.168.1.2. XP
>firewall has been disabled and netbios enabled on both
machines. Both
>machines are on the same workgroup called home and have
file and print
>share enabled. The big BUT is that the XP cannot ping
the win2k and
>doesnt register its presence at all, but the win2k CAN
ping the xp
>machine, but not see it in network neighbourhood. I can
access the
>shared files on the XP machine by using the run command
\\192.168.1.1.
>
>The big question is, how can I get these 2 machines to
talk properly
>to each other????
>.
>

[Spollock]

i am running SP4 on my win 2k machine....




"Charlie" > wrote in message >...
> I have the same problem as do many of the present group.
> What SP Pack is on the Win 2000 Machine ???
> From my 2000 Machine I can access any files on my XP
> machine but not the other way around, Also (MICROSOFT IF
> YOUR PAYING ATTENTION< THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM and
> GROWING) FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN !!!!!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Can anyone help out there??
> >
> >I have 2 machines - xp home (unfortunately) and win2k,
> and are trying
> >to network these together with a switch as i plan to add
> another PC v
> >soon. The Xp machine has static ip of 192.168.1.1 and
> subnet
> >255.255.255.0. the win 2k has same subnet with IP of
> 192.168.1.2. XP
> >firewall has been disabled and netbios enabled on both
> machines. Both
> >machines are on the same workgroup called home and have
> file and print
> >share enabled. The big BUT is that the XP cannot ping
> the win2k and
> >doesnt register its presence at all, but the win2k CAN
> ping the xp
> >machine, but not see it in network neighbourhood. I can
> access the
> >shared files on the XP machine by using the run command
> \\192.168.1.1.
> >
> >The big question is, how can I get these 2 machines to
> talk properly
> >to each other????
> >.
> >