XP Home doesn't see the network

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OK, here are the details. In the office we have a mix of
12 PC/notebooks either running XP Pro or Win2k Pro.
Everything is plugged into a switch and then to a Linksys
router. All IPs are configured manually. All the
computers work fine within the network and accessing the
net. Problem: We recently bought a notebook with XP Home
edition. I've set it up like all the other PCs but it
still doesn't see the network. I can ping it from one of
the other PCs and I can ping the other PCs from this
notebook. But when I go to See other Network computers,
it says that the network isn't accessible. The notebook
name shows up on the other PCs but when I double click it
it says it's not accessible.

All this is on a wired network BTW.

Thanks
Ray
 
workgroup..and the workgroup name is the same on all
machines including the new notebook
 
Even if I share it, I still can't see anyone else on the
network which have several shared folders that others can
access.
 
Hummmm. Let me think about it. I'm puzzled, too. It seems
you have already done a lot of things that needed to be
done. It also seems strange that other PC's on the
network cannot access a shared directory on this new
notebook PC. Makes me think something is not configured
properly on the notebook. Maybe other forum people have
suggestions?
 
Like I said, I'm not looking to share anything on the
notebook. I just want to be able to see the network and
be able to access shared folders on the network server to
be more specific. BUt no computers show up in the See
Network Computers...says network is not accessible.
 
I have the same problem.
I have a workgroup of win2k machines working fine but then
I added a winxp pro machine and although I can ping the ip
address both ways I cant see the network from the winxp
side. Also can see the network from the win2k side but
when I click on the winxp computer I geet an access denied
message again

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