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Home network mysteries....???
I have 3 PCs - 2 XP and 1 98. All connected via DHCP thru router. I used
to see all 3 from any PC. 1 XP PC had a printer that was shared and all could see the printer too. I changed printers. Removed the old one and added the new one. When I went to the 98 PC to install the shared new printer - it couldn't see it - then when I started exploring all PCS - none of them can see the others in their common workgroup!!!??? I can ping them all. I can search for them by IP address and find them all - and then proceed to explore them all but I can't get them to show up in the Network Neighborhood, common Windows Workgroup! So, what next? What protocols must I be running on XP and 98 PCs to make sure I'm fully installed? What else need I do to get them to show up again? Thanks for any suggestions! JDS |
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Home network mysteries....???
On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:03:13 GMT, "Jack Slater" wrote:
I have 3 PCs - 2 XP and 1 98. All connected via DHCP thru router. I used to see all 3 from any PC. 1 XP PC had a printer that was shared and all could see the printer too. I changed printers. Removed the old one and added the new one. When I went to the 98 PC to install the shared new printer - it couldn't see it - then when I started exploring all PCS - none of them can see the others in their common workgroup!!!??? I can ping them all. I can search for them by IP address and find them all - and then proceed to explore them all but I can't get them to show up in the Network Neighborhood, common Windows Workgroup! So, what next? What protocols must I be running on XP and 98 PCs to make sure I'm fully installed? What else need I do to get them to show up again? Thanks for any suggestions! JDS Jack, This is a common problem with Windows XP and Windows 98. The Windows 98 browser (no I'm not talking about Internet Explorer) doesn't work well with the Windows XP browser. Make sure the browser service is running on both Windows XP computers. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable the browser on the Windows 98 computer, as shown in this web page. http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html Power all three computers off. Power the Windows XP computers on, then the Windows 98 computer. The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 You can download Browstat from either: http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result. For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Home network mysteries....???
Thank heavens for Usenet - and thanks Chuck!
I can see what I did now that I got your help/answers. I downloaded some utility to "speed" up the older XP PC and of course it does this by shutting down services "not needed". Of course its not written well enuf to ask you if the PC your running is part of a network!!!!!!! Again - thanks a million for taking the time. JDS "Chuck" wrote in message ... On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 22:03:13 GMT, "Jack Slater" wrote: I have 3 PCs - 2 XP and 1 98. All connected via DHCP thru router. I used to see all 3 from any PC. 1 XP PC had a printer that was shared and all could see the printer too. I changed printers. Removed the old one and added the new one. When I went to the 98 PC to install the shared new printer - it couldn't see it - then when I started exploring all PCS - none of them can see the others in their common workgroup!!!??? I can ping them all. I can search for them by IP address and find them all - and then proceed to explore them all but I can't get them to show up in the Network Neighborhood, common Windows Workgroup! So, what next? What protocols must I be running on XP and 98 PCs to make sure I'm fully installed? What else need I do to get them to show up again? Thanks for any suggestions! JDS Jack, This is a common problem with Windows XP and Windows 98. The Windows 98 browser (no I'm not talking about Internet Explorer) doesn't work well with the Windows XP browser. Make sure the browser service is running on both Windows XP computers. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Disable the browser on the Windows 98 computer, as shown in this web page. http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html Power all three computers off. Power the Windows XP computers on, then the Windows 98 computer. The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 You can download Browstat from either: http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result. For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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Home network mysteries....???
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 00:36:31 GMT, "Jack Slater" *email_address_deleted* wrote:
Thank heavens for Usenet - and thanks Chuck! I can see what I did now that I got your help/answers. I downloaded some utility to "speed" up the older XP PC and of course it does this by shutting down services "not needed". Of course its not written well enuf to ask you if the PC your running is part of a network!!!!!!! Again - thanks a million for taking the time. JDS Excellent, Jack! Thanks for the feedback. Care to name the utility, might help others solve their problem? -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. |
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