Networking issue - XP Home & 98 Machines

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Terry

I just bought a new Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home
installed. I need to be able to see other machines and
printers, etc. on my home network. When I try to run the
Wizard, it tells me that I need to run the wizard on the
other machines on the network. To run the wizard I need a
Windows XP CD. However, Toshiba did not give me a CD -
only a "recovery DVD." Can anybody give me a workaround?
 
have you tried connecting to the other workstations and to
the printer thru network neighborhood? you might have to
set up each computer within the same domain.
 
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have you tried connecting to the other workstations and to
the printer thru network neighborhood? you might have to
set up each computer within the same domain.
need
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Please Try this:
.To create a network setup floppy disk
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If you are running the Network Setup Wizard on Windows
XP, you must be logged on as an administrator in order to
complete this procedure.

Start Network Setup Wizard.
Follow the steps on your screen to configure your home or
small office network.
When you come to the page that reads, You're almost done,
insert a blank, formatted floppy disk into the drive, and
then click Create Disk.
Important

If you have already run the Network Setup Wizard, and did
not create the floppy disk, you will need to run it again
to create the floppy disk. When you do so, you must enter
the same information for your network as you did when you
ran the wizard the first time.
Notes

To start the Network Setup Wizard, click Start, click
Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections,
and then click Network Connections. Under Common Tasks,
click Network Setup Wizard.
The Network Setup Wizard can only be run on computers
using Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows
Millennium Edition, or Windows XP.
Run the wizard on the Windows XP host computer first. The
host computer is the one sharing its Internet connection.
Before running the Network Setup Wizard on computers
running Windows 98 Second Edition or Windows Millennium
Edition, make sure Internet Connection Sharing is
disabled on these computers.
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the wizard should give you the option of creating a
networking floppy which can be used instead of the XP CD.
 
"Terry" said:
I just bought a new Toshiba laptop with Windows XP Home
installed. I need to be able to see other machines and
printers, etc. on my home network. When I try to run the
Wizard, it tells me that I need to run the wizard on the
other machines on the network. To run the wizard I need a
Windows XP CD. However, Toshiba did not give me a CD -
only a "recovery DVD." Can anybody give me a workaround?
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You can have XP write the Wizard to a floppy disk.

However, despite what the Wizard tells you, you don't need to run it
on the other machines on your network. You can make their network
settings manually.

If the other computers are already networked, don't change any of
their settings, either manually or with the Wizard. Instead,
configure the laptop to match the existing settings.

I've written a web page with details:

Adding Windows XP to an Existing Network
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/addxp.htm
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