>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
>






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re: Question about 'Getting Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers' (Cecil Daniel: Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 8:25 am)


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