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February 17th, 2004 01:00
network problems
I have 2 computers both with XP home. the computers are alomst identical 2350-2400. i have them connected to the internet through a cable router and both work fine-with the internet. but i cannot find either computer when i try to access files or printers. i am not sure where to go or what to do. i have done everthing the the DIY page
http://www.homenethelp.com/
said to
any help would be greatly appriciated
any help would be greatly appriciated
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volcano11
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February 17th, 2004 03:00
Just to be sure - have you designated drives or folders as shared resources on both computers? Are you sure that the XP firewall is disabled on both computers, or, if you are running any third party firewall software, that the the firewall has been configured to allow local network traffic?
Steve
volcano11
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February 17th, 2004 03:00
The Norton firewall has a way of messing things up, even when it is not enabled. Either configure it properly to work with the network, or stop it from running at startup so that it never gets loaded while you are troubleshooting the problem. Once you get the network to work, you can restart Norton and configure it to work with your network.
Steve
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February 17th, 2004 03:00
Troylus
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February 17th, 2004 23:00
You could check to make sure you are logging on correctly. If you are not logging in as the name of the computer (if you have multiple users,) then each computer may not see the other on your network.
jmwills
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February 18th, 2004 00:00
Just to add to the discussion, check this piece of information:
http://www.theeldergeek.com/quick_guide_to_simple_file_sharing.htm