XP Home Can't See XP Pro

[Ron]

XP Home PC can see all Win9X systems on network but does
not show any XP Pro systems. How do you fix this?

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

-----Original Message-----

/hi there - Is your xp machine using the NTFS file
system - because FAT32 can not read NTFS. Can you read
it the other way around??? You may need to convert it!

Leon,

nope, doesn't have anything to do with that. The file system is
transparent to the network.

Hans-Georg

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

XP Home PC can see all Win9X systems on network but does
not show any XP Pro systems. How do you fix this?

Ron,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm. My
first thought is that the Pro systems are set for Classic File
Sharing while Home necessarily uses Simple File Sharing and
guest access isn't working on the Pro systems.

Hans-Georg

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

XP Home PC can see all Win9X systems on network but does
not show any XP Pro systems. How do you fix this?

I've written a web site that should help you solve the problem:

Windows XP Network Troubleshooting
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot

Please pay particular attention to these sections:

1. Firewalls: Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection
Firewall on local area network connections -- it's for use only on a
direct modem connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all
other firewalls while troubleshooting.

2. Protocols: Use only one for File and Printer Sharing. If the
network needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing
from all but one of them.

3. NetBIOS over TCP/IP: Make sure that it's enabled on all computers.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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