Connecting to network resources from a laptop running XP Home

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Hello all,
I have a problem with connecting a laptop running XP Home to
our network. Here's our current setup:

We have a domain with a file server which this laptop is trying to access.
I created an account for the user on our domain and the laptop is running XP
Home with a deafult work group that was already present. At first, the laptop
was not able to recognize our domain under 'My Network Places -> Entire
Network -> Microsoft Windows Network'. I tried to map a network drive and it
always comes back with 'The specified network path could not be found'.

After reading a few discussions on this thread, I understand that XP Home
cannot connect to a domain automatically though there are some workarounds
possible.. I tried to use a workaround specified in the link below which was
posted on another thread.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

1. I made the name of the 'Work group' on the lap top the same as our domain
name.
2. Secondly, I created another account on the laptop with the same
"username/password" combination as his domain "username/password
combination". I rebooted and logged into the laptop with the new username.

I still have the same problem. I do not see the file server on our domain
listed at all..so there is nothing to click on etc. I tried to map the drives
anyway hoping that the server would be automatically recognized. Again no
luck and I see the message:
'The specified network path could not be found'. What am I doing wrong here?
I am able to ping all computers on the network with no problems ..so the
connection seems ok.

Could anyone shed more light on this matter?

Thanks,
-Shishir

(NOTE: The user is able to use our DHCP server and get access to the
internet etc with no problems)
 
Todd,
Unfortunately, no. These are consultants that we use but who don't
work full time using our network.

-Shishir
 
Shishir said:
Hello all,
I have a problem with connecting a laptop running XP Home to
our network. Here's our current setup:

We have a domain with a file server which this laptop is trying to access.
I created an account for the user on our domain and the laptop is running
XP Home with a deafult work group that was already present. At first, the
laptop was not able to recognize our domain under 'My Network Places ->
Entire Network -> Microsoft Windows Network'. I tried to map a network
drive and it always comes back with 'The specified network path could not
be found'.

After reading a few discussions on this thread, I understand that XP Home
cannot connect to a domain automatically though there are some workarounds
possible.. I tried to use a workaround specified in the link below which
was posted on another thread.
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/j_helmig/wxphdoms.htm

1. I made the name of the 'Work group' on the lap top the same as our
domain name.
2. Secondly, I created another account on the laptop with the same
"username/password" combination as his domain "username/password
combination". I rebooted and logged into the laptop with the new username.

I still have the same problem. I do not see the file server on our domain
listed at all..so there is nothing to click on etc. I tried to map the
drives anyway hoping that the server would be automatically recognized.
Again no luck and I see the message:
'The specified network path could not be found'. What am I doing wrong
here? I am able to ping all computers on the network with no problems ..so
the connection seems ok.

Could anyone shed more light on this matter?

Thanks,
-Shishir

(NOTE: The user is able to use our DHCP server and get access to the
internet etc with no problems)
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What about the firewall on the laptop? Is your lan allowed as trusted?

Malke
 
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