Can not see certian pc's

[Guest]

I have a 3 pc network two towers and one laptop. From the laptop I can see
both pc's but when I click on one of them to see sharred folders witch it has
setup I can not see any. Also from this same pc I can not see the laptop at
all. All are on the Network group Work. I am not sure what I am missing here.
Also both PC's can not see each other so I am missing something. Arghhhh
please help all are running Windows XP sp2.

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

I have a 3 pc network two towers and one laptop. From the laptop I can see
both pc's but when I click on one of them to see sharred folders witch it has
setup I can not see any. Also from this same pc I can not see the laptop at
all. All are on the Network group Work. I am not sure what I am missing here.
Also both PC's can not see each other so I am missing something. Arghhhh
please help all are running Windows XP sp2.

Thanks

You probably have a problem with SMBs, which results from either the NetBT
setting, or a personal firewall somewhere.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/07/advanced-windows-networking-using.html

You could look at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Guest]

Ok, I did look at this but no luck. I did not have a firewall on so that did
not apply.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

 

[Chuck]

Ok, I did look at this but no luck. I did not have a firewall on so that did
not apply.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Post the browstat and ipconfig logs here, and we can take a look, and decide
what to look at next. Both logs can contain useful clues to problems, so be
generous.