networking Windows XP Home With Windows 2000 Professional

[Faz]

Hi,

I have a Windows 2000 pro Laptop supplied by my work on the company Domain
that I use with a wireless adsl 4 port Router to connect to the internet and
Vpn into the office. All works Well. I recently purchased a windows XP home
laptop and that is wireless connected to the existing adsl router and
connects to the Internet fine.

However I would like bothe PC's to file and print share and I seem unable to
get them connected. I have shared the Hard Drives on Both Pc's but no luck.

Any assistance would be welcomed

Many thanks


Dave

[Chuck]

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 02:29:01 -0800, Faz > wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a Windows 2000 pro Laptop supplied by my work on the company Domain
>that I use with a wireless adsl 4 port Router to connect to the internet and
>Vpn into the office. All works Well. I recently purchased a windows XP home
>laptop and that is wireless connected to the existing adsl router and
>connects to the Internet fine.
>
>However I would like bothe PC's to file and print share and I seem unable to
>get them connected. I have shared the Hard Drives on Both Pc's but no luck.
>
>Any assistance would be welcomed
>
>Many thanks
>
>
>Dave
>
>*email_address_deleted*

Dave,

Windows XP Home use Simple File Sharing, that just requires enabling the Guest
account, using the sequence Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user guest
/active:yes" in the command window.

Windows 2000 uses Advanced File Sharing, that will use the Guest account if
enabled.

More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>

If you're involving a computer that normally attaches to a domain, you may have
to arrange connection of your computers to comply with domain standards. Is
there a domain admin at your work who should be involved in this?

Can you see each computer from the other? Open a command window (Start - Run -
"cmd") and type "net view". Do both computers display when this is done from
each computer?

Dave, posting your email address openly (was that your address after your name
above?) will get you more unwanted email, than wanted email. Learn to munge
your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when posting to open
forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

[Faz]

Hi Chuck,

Thanks for the info but I still have not solved the problem Guest accounts
are enabled and I can ping the WXPhome PC from the W2K PC but account see it
in the Network of thru net view.
The WXPhome PC cannot ping the W2K PC, Both PC's are getting an IP address
automatically from the adsl router and both are seeing the internet ok

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 02:29:01 -0800, Faz > wrote:
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a Windows 2000 pro Laptop supplied by my work on the company Domain
> >that I use with a wireless adsl 4 port Router to connect to the internet and
> >Vpn into the office. All works Well. I recently purchased a windows XP home
> >laptop and that is wireless connected to the existing adsl router and
> >connects to the Internet fine.
> >
> >However I would like bothe PC's to file and print share and I seem unable to
> >get them connected. I have shared the Hard Drives on Both Pc's but no luck.
> >
> >Any assistance would be welcomed
> >
> >Many thanks
> >
> >
> >Dave
> >
> >*email_address_deleted*
>
> Dave,
>
> Windows XP Home use Simple File Sharing, that just requires enabling the Guest
> account, using the sequence Start - Run - "cmd" - type "net user guest
> /active:yes" in the command window.
>
> Windows 2000 uses Advanced File Sharing, that will use the Guest account if
> enabled.
>
> More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
>
> If you're involving a computer that normally attaches to a domain, you may have
> to arrange connection of your computers to comply with domain standards. Is
> there a domain admin at your work who should be involved in this?
>
> Can you see each computer from the other? Open a command window (Start - Run -
> "cmd") and type "net view". Do both computers display when this is done from
> each computer?
>
> Dave, posting your email address openly (was that your address after your name
> above?) will get you more unwanted email, than wanted email. Learn to munge
> your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit safer when posting to open
> forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the internet - read this article.
> http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
>

[Chuck]

On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 01:19:03 -0800, Faz > wrote:

>Hi Chuck,
>
>Thanks for the info but I still have not solved the problem Guest accounts
>are enabled and I can ping the WXPhome PC from the W2K PC but account see it
>in the Network of thru net view.
>The WXPhome PC cannot ping the W2K PC, Both PC's are getting an IP address
>automatically from the adsl router and both are seeing the internet ok

Faz,

OK, "cannot ping" is a bit more basic than "cannot share files".

Please start with ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig
listing.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.