2000/XP Networking Problem

[Garry Douglas]

Is it possible to create a peer to peer network between XP Home and W2000
Pro?

Until recently I had two machines running W98SE and XP Home connected via
10/100 NIC adaptors and for two years this set up had worked fine.

A couple of weeks ago the HD in the W98 machine fried and I've temporarily
replaced it with a W2000 Pro HD but, try as I might, I can not the two
machines to talk to each other.

The W2000 PC has two NIC adaptors installed but I have disabled one via
Device Manager and have the machine connected using the same US Robotics
adaptor as per the previous set up. Despite some problems installing the
driver the adaptor is not showing any errors in Device Manager and I am
definitely connecting the cable to the correct adaptor!

I've checked that the HDs in both machines are sharable and are both part of
the same workgroup name i.e. WORKGROUP. On the W2000 machine Network
Identification has been set to assume everyone logs on as Administrator and
the permissions for "Everyone" are set to enable Full Control, Change and
Read. The user accounts on the XP machine are Owner and Networker, both of
which are Administrator accounts but only the latter is password protected.

Each machine can only see it's own HD (as a mapped drive) in Network Places
but I've noticed that after each re-boot the properties for the HD on the
W2000 machine revert back to a default hidden share name of C$. Even when I
remove this share and replace it with a non hidden name it always reverts to
C$ after a re-boot.

Can anyone suggest a reliable step by step guide to solving this problem?

Thanks

Garry Douglas

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[Jud]

Is it possible to create a peer to peer network between XP Home and W2000
Pro?

Of course it is and if you google on the subject you will find probably a

thousand different sites all
with instructions on how to do it.

Jud

 

[Garry Douglas]

thousand different sites all
with instructions on how to do it.

Jud

If I'd had any luck finding the answer via Google I probably wouldn't need
to ask the question here. I don't want to wade through "thousands of
different sites" when someone who subscribes to this ng else has probably
encountered the same problem and can provide a solution.

Garry

 

[Jud]

If I'd had any luck finding the answer via Google I probably wouldn't need
to ask the question here. I don't want to wade through "thousands of
different sites" when someone who subscribes to this ng else has probably
encountered the same problem and can provide a solution.

Garry

Then your just being Bone Idle, everyone else has to wade through sites to

find the answer, isn't it more satisfying
to know you solved your own problem then have someone else do it for you,
stop being lazy.

I mean these forums are here for help when most channels have failed,
but most of the posters will help you out if you have proven that you have
done most of initial legwork which includes doing a google on the subject.
Were not here to explain in in detail how to do a specific thing,( well I'm
not and I'm sure most others aren't) apart from which your problem may not
be one that can be solved by someone like myself posting a long detailed
explanantion on how to network 2K to the Ba***rd XP

I suggest before you post you have a read of this site



It explains how to use a Usenet forum correctly.

Jud

 

[Richard G. Harper]

Uh ... excuse me, but you haven't told us what problem you're having, what
symptoms or error messages you've encountered ...

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[Garry Douglas]

No, not bone idle or lazy, just running out of time to solve a problem and
yes, I had used Google, but still hadn't found the answer to the problem.
Frankly right now I'd take more satisfaction in receiving a solution from
someone who has gone through the same difficulties but without the inclusion
of the bs you feel necessary to spout than continue to go round in circles.

In over 10 years of using Usenet to obtain advice and offer it on a number
of topics, you are by far the least helpful individual I've encountered.
There's always one self important jerk in every newsgroup so thanks are due
for helping me reduce the time required for that particular search.

At least you have served some small purpose today, but until you can offer
some constructive advice I suggest you keep your further opinions to
yourself.

Oh, BTW, I top posted this deliberately because I'm sure that will annoy you
too.

 

[Garry Douglas]

Uh ... excuse me, but you haven't told us what problem you're having, what
symptoms or error messages you've encountered ...

Did you see my original post? There were no error messages to report but I
thought there was enough information included to start the ball rolling.

Garry

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[Richard G. Harper]

Actually, no; I don't see enough information to get started. All I see is
that any custom shares you create on a full drive revert back to an admin
share on reboot, and that I expect. So that's not a problem.

I don't see any results of any testing like ping tests, nor do I see that
you've checked event logs to see if there are any clues there. I don't see
that you've created a simpler share, like a single folder, for testing
purposes. Nor do I see a clue as to whether you've created users on each
computer to match the logon names and passwords used on each.

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Uh ... excuse me, but you haven't told us what problem you're having,
what symptoms or error messages you've encountered ...

Did you see my original post? There were no error messages to report but I
thought there was enough information included to start the ball rolling.

Garry

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[Garry Douglas]

Actually, no; I don't see enough information to get started. All I see is
that any custom shares you create on a full drive revert back to an admin
share on reboot, and that I expect. So that's not a problem.

I don't see any results of any testing like ping tests, nor do I see that
you've checked event logs to see if there are any clues there. I don't
see that you've created a simpler share, like a single folder, for testing
purposes. Nor do I see a clue as to whether you've created users on each
computer to match the logon names and passwords used on each.

Perhaps it's dangerous to assume that everyone who posts in this ng has the
same level of networking skills. The tasks you suggest may appear obvious
(to you) but I'm pretty sure a lack of expertise in a given area is why the
majority of people use newsgroups to find the answers to problems (or the
starting point for them) from those with more experience.

Re: user accounts I did say "On the W2000 machine Network Identification has
been set to assume everyone logs on as Administrator" and "The user accounts
on the XP machine are Owner and Networker, both of which are Administrator
accounts but only the latter is password protected." Maybe I should have set
up a user ID named Administrator on the XP machine but I thought that would
be a reserved or system generated ID.

However, the remainder of your "answer" has provided me with some clues as
to where to start and that's all I really wanted.

Thanks!

Garry

 

[Richard G. Harper]

What rights you assign the account names doesn't matter - the NAMES and
PASSWORDS are what need to match up between the two computers. If you log
onto one PC with the name "Garry" and a password of "lost", then the
computer you want to access over the network must have a user with the same
name, and password, and with rights to the folders you want to access.

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[Jud]

I bet if I came round your house I would have it working in 5 minutes,
without the need to post in
a NG, but then I have probably forgotten more about networking then you will
ever know,
As for being self important , remember who can solve your problem, and then
think who can't.

As for top posting that just shows your lack of etiquette, rather than
annoying me, i'm much more mature than you.

Heres hoping you have to pay someone to fix your problem as your to far up
your own rectum to see what the problem is.

Jud

 

[G.fried]

thousand different sites all
with instructions on how to do it.

Jud

since I' have also problems - it would be good to have an idea what does
not work at all- for example my hypothsis: xp home with (disabled)
internal firewall cannot be acessed by win2K prof...

thanks

G.fried