re: Question about 'Getting Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers'
Wednesday, May 26, 2004 at 6:19 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve B
(1588 messages posted)
The only things that come to mind are that the HP is not in the same workgroup, or
there is a firewall on the HP that's blocking access.
I'm sure you already considered these though.
On Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 11:35 pm, Robert wrote:
>I have a question about Getting
>Network Neighborhood to recognize newly attached computers:
>
>
>I have an AMD Athlon XP desktop PC running Windows XP Home, a Toshiba Intel Celeron
>laptop running Windows XP Home, and an HP desktop running Windows XP Professional.
> I have a cable modem with a 4-port wireless router linking the desktops by wire
>and laptop wirelessly. Here's the problem:
>
>My laptop and my desktop both run Windows XP Home. On my network, they recognize
>each other, and when I try to locate a printer on my network (connected to my HP
>desktop), the AMD and laptop are listed, but the HP is not. I can locate files
between
>the AMD and the laptop, but the HP is somewhat out of the loop.
>
>However, the HP does have access to the internet, and I can ping it from the other
>two computers without a problem. I've installed every protocal I can find on all
>three systems, and I've cycled through all the support questions already asked.
>Nothing that have been suggested has worked.
>
>Finally, I did (Before I got the AMD, which was about a week ago) have the laptop
>access the printer on my HP previously, but now it will not, and won't even recognize
>the other computer on my network. I've tried every connection setting I can think,
>worked wizard too many times, but still the only computers listed are the AMD and
>laptop.
>
>What should I do? This focuses on printing, but in the end it's not even on my
network,
>so it's not just about the printer not being access...I'm tired of having to manually
>transfer files to print things...Thank you.
>
>Robert
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