Connecting Win 7 computer with Win XP Home computer
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 6:14 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bob Stimson
(1 messages posted)
Ok - this one worked for me. I have a Windows 7 computer and a Windows XP Home computer
connected thru a router (wired). Tried most of the previous ideas with no luck but
when I added the "microsoft tcp/ip version 6" protocol to the XP computer they could
both see each other fine. Thank you so much Grover. I was about ready to give up
and call someone to do it for me. Bob
On Friday, May 7, 2010 at 2:13 am, grover52 wrote:
>After a lot of attempts I finally found a solution that worked for me to solve this
>error message that appears when you try to access another pc or laptop on your mixed
>xp home / xp pro home network. There were a lot of solutions on all kinds of sites
>including this one, but none of them worked for me except the steps below. Hope
>this helps someone out!
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>1) Open Network Connections
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>2) Right click the wired or wireless connection you use to access the internet
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>example, I use "Wireless Network Connection")
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>3) Select "Properties"
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>4) Select "install" then "protocol" then "add"
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>5) From the list select "microsoft tcp/ip version 6" and add it
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>6) Again select "install" then "protocol" then "add"
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>7) From the list select "NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBIOS compatible transport protocol" and
>add it
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>8) Press OK or close
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>9) Go to the "advanced" menu at the very top of the network connections window (6th
>menu along)
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>10) Select "advanced settings"
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>11) Select the connection you use to connect to the internet
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>12) Under "file and printer sharing" tick tcp/ip 6 and nwlink. untick any others
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>13) Under "client" tick tcp/ip 6 and nwlink. untick any others
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>14) do steps 1 to 13 on all computers on your network
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>15) restart all computers
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>16) for me at least (running two laptops both with xp pro, and one desktop with
>xp home) all computers can now see each other and access shared folders and printers
>with no problems at all. no warning messages, no delays!
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>Hope this works for you as quickly as it worked for me, I've seen this solution
>nowhere else on the web.
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>Grover
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