Mapping Drives and printer under Windows XP

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I run a network at an office with 25 computers. Friday
the 6th of December everything seemed to be fine. Today
none of the Windows XP Home or PRO machines are able to
map drives or browse the network. I have four machines in
the admin group running Windows 2000 and have no problems
at all networking mapping and assigning printers. They
are not having a problem within there group. However they
cannot view or browse the other workgroups.
All the computers can surf the network without a problem.
I am able to PING a Windows 2000 workstation from Windows
XP. The common denominator is the Work Stations running
Windows XP.

Can anyone give me an idea what is happening.
 
Do you use a bridge to connect the workgroups?
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I run a network at an office with 25 computers. Friday
the 6th of December everything seemed to be fine. Today
none of the Windows XP Home or PRO machines are able to
map drives or browse the network. I have four machines in
the admin group running Windows 2000 and have no problems
at all networking mapping and assigning printers. They
are not having a problem within there group. However they
cannot view or browse the other workgroups.
All the computers can surf the network without a problem.
I am able to PING a Windows 2000 workstation from Windows
XP. The common denominator is the Work Stations running
Windows XP.

Can anyone give me an idea what is happening.
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No actually the groups are seperate so I don't need to
bridge. I did do some more checking and installed IPX and
got my network back. I can't figure out everything was
working on Friday and why just the XP machines. I
suspected a virus. I also have been questioning the
wiring. But that doesn't explain the XP machines unless
QoS doesn't like a dirty line.
 
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