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XP Home can't find networked drives
We have a small peer-peer XP network. 3 XP-pro, 1 XP-home PCs, all
connected via a D-Link ADSL modem router. One of the XP-Pro's is acting as a file server. The XP-Home PC often cannot access shared drives on the server PC (red cross on Icon). Sometimes clicking 'repair' sorts the problem out but more often than not it doesn't. Restarting the machine does not fix the problem either. However, internet access, ping and other network tasks are fine (even remote assistance), it's just Windows file sharing and printing that keeps getting stuffed. Am I right in thinking this is a NetBIOS problem? If so, what's the fix? |
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XP Home can't find networked drives
Have you enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab? Also, does the Home machine have the proper permissions to access the Pro machine. Just checking "Everyone" is not a good practice but adding individuals and/or groups is a preferred way.
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