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September 30th, 2004 23:00
Networking on home computers
Hi all. My husband and I have two computers in our house. One has Windows ME and one has Windows XP. We have them hooked together with a Netgear outer and we have cable modem and we can access the internet on both. The computer with Windows ME can access the shared documents on the computer with Windows XP but the computer with Windows XP can't access anything on the computer with Windows ME. We think that we have gone through and set everything so it should be shared but it is not working. The printer is on the Windows ME computer and the Windows XP can't access the printer. Wondering if maybe these computers systems won't work together. Can anyone help?? Thanks!
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volcano11
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October 1st, 2004 02:00
The main reasons that Windows XP and Windows 98/ME networks have trouble are due to the following:
1. Make sure all computers are in the same workgroup and have unique names on the network
2. Make sure all firewalls are disabled while setting things up. In particular make sure that Windows XP's built-in firewall is disabled on the local area connection. Or, if you have Service Pack 2 for XP installed, make sure that the firewal is configured to allow local network traffic.
3. Make sure the NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
4. Make sure the drives and folders have been designated as shared.
5. If the Windows 98/ME computers have Client for Microsoft Networks as the primary network logon, make sure that the proper username and password are entered when these machines boot. If Windows logon is the primary network logon, make sure that either a null password is used or that the correct password is used when booting these computers. Hitting the cancel button at the password prompt may prevent network connectivity.
I suspect that your problem may be with item #5.
Steve