I have a P2P setup with WinME and WinXP Pro where the ME machine can see and access 
XP's shares and such.  XP can see the ME machine, but can't connect to it.  It kept 
saying that it's inaccessible.  What I did was go gung-ho with the protocols.  On 
your 2K system have the following installed:

Client for Microsoft Networks
IPX/SPX
NetBIOS Support for IPX/SPX
NetBEUI
TCP/IP
File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks

And of course make sure that "Allow access to files" and "Allow access to printers" 
are checked.

Plus, make sure that computers are using the same workgroup name (e.g. WORKGROUP 
or MSHOME) -- and not a domain.

XP's setup is slightly different:

Client for Microsoft Networks
NWLink-IPX/SPX......(basically IPX/SPX)
NetBEUI Protocol
[NetBEUI's supposed to be not supported in WinXP, but can still be found and added 
through the XP CD's "VALUEADD" folder.]
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
[Have "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" turned on and see if that works.]
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

Optional Protocols/Services to add would be:
QoS Packet Scheduler
Service Advertising Protocol
[I may forgotten something else, but that's all I think of off the top of my head.]

See if this works...

Cecil Daniel a.k.a. HelRazer





On Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 8:02 am, David Parmet wrote:
>I have two computers - one is running XP Home and the other running 2K Pro.  They 
>are linked via a Linksys router that acts as a DHCP server.  Both can ping the router 
>and each other however I can't get either one to show up in the other's My Network 
>Places.
>
>I have another - third - PC, running 98, that shows up in the XP machines My Network 
>Places and the XP machine shows up in the 98's Network Neighborhood.  It's just 
the 
>2K machine that seems to be off in a corner sulking.
>
>Any thoughts? Insights? Ideas?
>
>thanks a ton.
>
>
>
>

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