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May 1st 07, 11:12 AM
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Peer-to-Peer Network Problems
Hi All,
This problem has me completely stumped. I am not a networking expert but I have put together several peer-to-peer networks with no problems. I will try to give as much information as I can without making this post several pages long. 7 computer network, 2 of these run Win2000 Pro (SP4), 2 run WinXP Home and 3 run WinXP Pro (2 with SP2). 1 WinXP Home acts as the file server, it contains the data for my point of sale software. All computers can see each other, access the data on the server and use any printers that are shared on any computer on the network. Problem: None of the WinXP Pro computers can access each other. The WinXP Pro computers can access the file server and any printers on the network (except printer connected to the other WinXP Pro computer). The WinXP Pro computers can access the Win2000 Pro and WinXP Home computers. But, the WinXP Pro computers can not access any other WinXP Pro computer. I get a permission denied or a server not found error. Does any one have any idea where I should start looking? I have checked everything I can think of and I still can not get the WinXP Pro computers to access each others shares. Thanks for any and all help, Charles 
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May 1st 07, 11:24 AM
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Peer-to-Peer Network Problems
wrote in message ups.com... Hi All, This problem has me completely stumped. I am not a networking expert but I have put together several peer-to-peer networks with no problems. I will try to give as much information as I can without making this post several pages long. 7 computer network, 2 of these run Win2000 Pro (SP4), 2 run WinXP Home and 3 run WinXP Pro (2 with SP2). 1 WinXP Home acts as the file server, it contains the data for my point of sale software. All computers can see each other, access the data on the server and use any printers that are shared on any computer on the network. Problem: None of the WinXP Pro computers can access each other. The WinXP Pro computers can access the file server and any printers on the network (except printer connected to the other WinXP Pro computer). The WinXP Pro computers can access the Win2000 Pro and WinXP Home computers. But, the WinXP Pro computers can not access any other WinXP Pro computer. I get a permission denied or a server not found error. Does any one have any idea where I should start looking? I have checked everything I can think of and I still can not get the WinXP Pro computers to access each others shares. Thanks for any and all help, Charles Is 'file and print sharing' enabled in network properties? Is the network admin user listed in the admin group on the XP Pro boxes? We had a similar problem with Pro and Win2k3 Server and that was what fixed it. SC Tom
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May 1st 07, 02:14 PM
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Peer-to-Peer Network Problems
On May 1, 4:24 am, "SC Tom" sc wrote:
wrote in message ups.com... Hi All, This problem has me completely stumped. I am not a networking expert but I have put together several peer-to-peer networks with no problems. I will try to give as much information as I can without making this post several pages long. 7 computer network, 2 of these run Win2000 Pro (SP4), 2 run WinXP Home and 3 run WinXP Pro (2 with SP2). 1 WinXP Home acts as the file server, it contains the data for my point of sale software. All computers can see each other, access the data on the server and use any printers that are shared on any computer on the network. Problem: None of the WinXP Pro computers can access each other. The WinXP Pro computers can access the file server and any printers on the network (except printer connected to the other WinXP Pro computer). The WinXP Pro computers can access the Win2000 Pro and WinXP Home computers. But, the WinXP Pro computers can not access any other WinXP Pro computer. I get a permission denied or a server not found error. Does any one have any idea where I should start looking? I have checked everything I can think of and I still can not get the WinXP Pro computers to access each others shares. Thanks for any and all help, Charles Is 'file and print sharing' enabled in network properties? Is the network admin user listed in the admin group on the XP Pro boxes? We had a similar problem with Pro and Win2k3 Server and that was what fixed it. SC Tom Hi, Yes, 'file and print sharing' is turned off on all 3 WinXP Pro computers. I will have to check on the admin user, I will post back later. Thanks for your input, Charles
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May 1st 07, 10:00 PM
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Peer-to-Peer Network Problems
wrote in message ps.com... On May 1, 4:24 am, "SC Tom" sc wrote: wrote in message ups.com... Hi All, This problem has me completely stumped. I am not a networking expert but I have put together several peer-to-peer networks with no problems. I will try to give as much information as I can without making this post several pages long. 7 computer network, 2 of these run Win2000 Pro (SP4), 2 run WinXP Home and 3 run WinXP Pro (2 with SP2). 1 WinXP Home acts as the file server, it contains the data for my point of sale software. All computers can see each other, access the data on the server and use any printers that are shared on any computer on the network. Problem: None of the WinXP Pro computers can access each other. The WinXP Pro computers can access the file server and any printers on the network (except printer connected to the other WinXP Pro computer). The WinXP Pro computers can access the Win2000 Pro and WinXP Home computers. But, the WinXP Pro computers can not access any other WinXP Pro computer. I get a permission denied or a server not found error. Does any one have any idea where I should start looking? I have checked everything I can think of and I still can not get the WinXP Pro computers to access each others shares. Thanks for any and all help, Charles Is 'file and print sharing' enabled in network properties? Is the network admin user listed in the admin group on the XP Pro boxes? We had a similar problem with Pro and Win2k3 Server and that was what fixed it. SC Tom Hi, Yes, 'file and print sharing' is turned off on all 3 WinXP Pro computers. I will have to check on the admin user, I will post back later. Thanks for your input, Charles File and print sharing needs to turned on, not off. You are behind a firewall for protection from the outside world, right? SC Tom
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May 2nd 07, 01:17 AM
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Peer-to-Peer Network Problems
On May 1, 3:00 pm, "SC Tom" sc wrote:
wrote in message ps.com... On May 1, 4:24 am, "SC Tom" sc wrote: wrote in message roups.com... Hi All, This problem has me completely stumped. I am not a networking expert but I have put together several peer-to-peer networks with no problems. I will try to give as much information as I can without making this post several pages long. 7 computer network, 2 of these run Win2000 Pro (SP4), 2 run WinXP Home and 3 run WinXP Pro (2 with SP2). 1 WinXP Home acts as the file server, it contains the data for my point of sale software. All computers can see each other, access the data on the server and use any printers that are shared on any computer on the network. Problem: None of the WinXP Pro computers can access each other. The WinXP Pro computers can access the file server and any printers on the network (except printer connected to the other WinXP Pro computer). The WinXP Pro computers can access the Win2000 Pro and WinXP Home computers. But, the WinXP Pro computers can not access any other WinXP Pro computer. I get a permission denied or a server not found error. Does any one have any idea where I should start looking? I have checked everything I can think of and I still can not get the WinXP Pro computers to access each others shares. Thanks for any and all help, Charles Is 'file and print sharing' enabled in network properties? Is the network admin user listed in the admin group on the XP Pro boxes? We had a similar problem with Pro and Win2k3 Server and that was what fixed it. SC Tom Hi, Yes, 'file and print sharing' is turned off on all 3 WinXP Pro computers. I will have to check on the admin user, I will post back later. Thanks for your input, Charles File and print sharing needs to turned on, not off. You are behind a firewall for protection from the outside world, right? SC Tom Hi, Ok, I will turn them back on when I get to the office tomorrow (they were on when I had all the trouble, I turned them off to see if it helped and left them that way. The WinXP Pro computers do not have access to the internet, so no firewall or virus software installed (used for point of sale use only). The WinXP Home computer that is connected to the internet (and acts as the file server) by cable modem has Norton Firewall. The network is connected by hub not a router, so any computer that has internet access goes through the file server. If you need any more information feel free to ask. Thanks for your help, Charles
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