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XP Home/XP Pro file sharing issues
Trying to set up a home network recently turned out to be
a bit of a problem. I have 2 home edition computers that connect just find but the one XP Pro computer can't see us and our two can't see it. Oddly enough, this causes no problems with internet, the XP Pro computer still is online it's just that file sharing is impossible, and now on the two XP Home computers whenever you try to access MSHOME directly (as opposed to the local network screen) we get an access denied message and contact the network admin thing. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get the computers to work together. Any help? |
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XP Home/XP Pro file sharing issues
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wrote: Trying to set up a home network recently turned out to be a bit of a problem. I have 2 home edition computers that connect just find but the one XP Pro computer can't see us and our two can't see it. Oddly enough, this causes no problems with internet, the XP Pro computer still is online it's just that file sharing is impossible, and now on the two XP Home computers whenever you try to access MSHOME directly (as opposed to the local network screen) we get an access denied message and contact the network admin thing. For the life of me, I can't figure out how to get the computers to work together. Any help? 1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewalls while troubleshooting. Details he Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm 2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all but one of them. Details he Windows XP Network Protocols http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm 3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers. Details he Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm 4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution. If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key: HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters and delete these values if they're present: NodeType DhcpNodeType Reboot, then try network access again. If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for "Mixed". For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177 TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053 -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program http://mvp.support.microsoft.com |
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