re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Thursday, January 29, 2004 at 4:11 pm
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Posted by baja
(2 messages posted)
I have exactly the same problem on three different mixed sites. I have all the correct
settings (ip, workgroup etc) and have done the whole "Master browser" bit.
In effect all the windows 9x and me machines have Browse master disabled. I force
one of the windows XP machines to rig the election by setting the IsDomainMaster
to True (regedit). So one machine, the one that I have selected is always the master
browser.
TCp/IP is the only Protocol (please don't say install netbuei)
There is and ADSL gateway
I have created a hosts AND an lmhosts file on all computers with the names of every
computer on the network.
Every computer has a folder shared
I can ping any computer from any other
I can use unc to get to any computer (\\pcname)
I can find every computer using FIND in windows 9x
The "master browser" xp machine shows all computers and lets me click on them to
access shares
None of the other computers can browse the network, not even the other windows XP
computers.
At times when I reset computers some will suddenly show up and start browsing.
It look to me to be a bug in windows XP PRO computer browse service. There are less
than 10 computers in each site having this problem, buit more than 5.
HELP!!!
On Wednesday, April 17, 2002 at 6:47 am, tommy tran wrote:
>I have a question about Connect
>to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network:
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>Here is my network problems. I have a client network using all windows 98. All of
>them have been configure with tcp/ip and can share files and see each other every
>time i go to network neighborhood. THen later, the manager wanted to upgrade his
>old 98 and bought a brand new computer with xp home preinstalled. Whenever The xp
>is online, the rest of the network died. You can't see anything and the error message
>"Unable to browse the network appear on the windows 98 machines. Strangely enough,
>on xp you can see the name of all the computer on the network but when I tried to
>connect to them, i got the error "\\name is not accessible, you may not have permission...".
>Then i type in the address space "\\192.168.0.2", then it can connect to that computer.
>THe same thing did not happened when i put on the address on the win98 machines.
>There was not a DNS server or wins server what-so-ever.
>The problem is resolved when I took the xp home offline.Then all the 98 seems to
>talk to each other again. I tried to put NetBeui on all the machines but still no
>luck. ANy one can suggest me for a solution, would be appreciated
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