Home Networking in Windows XP PRO

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John Anderson

Hi,
I have two computers that I'm trying to setup on a
home network. I've used the "Setup Home Network" wizard
and ensured that both computers have different names and
both belong to MSHOME workgroup. Here's the problem....

I can ping each compuer from the other using PING.
Windows won't see both machines in the workgroup when I
go to explore the network.
Sometimes I can see both machines on one machine but when
I go to try and access the other machine in the netwoek
windows wonlt let me giving me the error message that
I "have to contact the administrator" as I don't have
access rights.

So far I've reinstalled windows on both machines and
tried most of the options available in the TCP/IP
settings for the connection.
Any ideas?

Regards
John Anderson
 
John Anderson said:
I have two computers that I'm trying to setup on a
home network. I've used the "Setup Home Network" wizard
and ensured that both computers have different names and
both belong to MSHOME workgroup. Here's the problem....

I can ping each compuer from the other using PING.
Windows won't see both machines in the workgroup when I
go to explore the network.
Sometimes I can see both machines on one machine but when
I go to try and access the other machine in the netwoek
windows wonlt let me giving me the error message that
I "have to contact the administrator" as I don't have
access rights.
Click to expand...

John,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg
 
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