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Al Pollock · 09-20-2007, 07:33 PM

Have a wireless network setup ,no problem seeing or transfer files from the desk top shared folders to the laptop or printing from the laptop to associated printer on desktop.

However I can not seem to see or connect to the lap top from the desktop..

Does this make sense ???

***glc*** · 09-20-2007, 11:38 PM

Which OS is on which machine?

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 07:47 AM

the desk top has 2K Pro and the lap top XP Pro..

***glc*** · 09-21-2007, 08:27 AM

Sticky thread:

http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=165490

This applies trying to connect *any* OS to a XP Pro box. You also have to make sure file and print sharing is enabled in the XP firewall exception list.

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 10:37 AM

I don't think that link applies ...Desk top is running windows 2000 pro.... lap top is running XP pro. the lap top can see the desk top but not the other way around ???

***glc*** · 09-21-2007, 11:15 AM

The link EXACTLY applies - you have to do the group policy edit on the XP Pro box to allow any clients to access it from across the network without a password.

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 11:23 AM

Okay I was not sure ..
Thanks GLC

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Now you need to make sure that you have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled on all the PC's in the network. Open the Network Connections folder, right-click the local area network connection and click Properties, double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click Advanced button then on the WINS Tab, click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.

The next step is necessary on XP Pro to allow XP Home to connect to it. XP Home uses Simple File Sharing in which all authentication is done via the Guest account. For XP Pro to allow this you need to modify a Group Policy to allow blank passwords. Go to the Start Menu and click on Run. Type in gpedit.msc and click OK. Navigate to Computer Configuration / Windows Settings / Security Settings / Local Policies / Security Options. Now double click on Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console login only. Change this to Disabled and click OK.

In Xp I can not find a wins tab in the advance and as far as the gpedit.msc I ran it as exactly as written and on my 2k machine I still don't see the xp shared folders I have tried mapping to them etc...??

***glc*** · 09-21-2007, 01:52 PM

What firewall are you using on the XP box?

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 05:32 PM

use Sygate on both.............

Al Pollock · 09-21-2007, 06:50 PM

By the way this a wireless network ...Did I mention that....

***glc*** · 09-21-2007, 09:07 PM

On the XP box, uninstall Sygate and use the Windows firewall.

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 11:30 AM

Hey GLC removed Sygate and have XP firewall runing..Still can't see the laptop from desk top . tried mapping but when I tell it to continue it ask for user and pass word . I never set up user and pass word. Should I have to map a drive /shared folder...

mojo · 09-22-2007, 12:23 PM

Well, you haven't enabled simple file-sharing on the XP box then. Enable simple file-sharing.

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 12:33 PM

I am not sure at this point lots going on ...simple how to would be apreciated ...

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 02:02 PM

Now I have really messed up wound up trying to map drive and forced to make password thought I typed what I did now when puter reboots ask for password in win 2k and I type what I thought I had entered doesn't reconize it ......S#@T........

does any one know how to recover my pass word ??????

***glc*** · 09-22-2007, 02:29 PM

Log in as administrator and change it.

Simple file sharing is found in folder options, view. Last check box.

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 05:22 PM

went to control pannel/folder options/view ....nofile sharing box..

mojo · 09-22-2007, 05:40 PM

It's not only in control panel. It's the tools menu at the top of any windows explorer window. Tools>Folder Options>View tab. It's the last option "Enable Simple File Sharing (Recommended)".

***glc*** · 09-22-2007, 06:29 PM

We are referring to the XP box, not the 2K box, that needs simple file sharing enabled. I think you are trying to change the settings we are telling you to on the wrong computer.

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 07:05 PM

I have the XP box file shared...

checked..I was trying to find it in 2k...

Just a little regrouping

Can't see the XP box from the 2K box what do I have to do in the 2K box ...

I can see the 2K from the XP box

mojo · 09-22-2007, 07:56 PM

You have to make the changes in the XP box, not the 2k box. Enable simple filesharing ON THE XP BOX.

Al Pollock · 09-22-2007, 08:03 PM

I did ....but I still don't see the XP box on the 2k box

***glc*** · 09-22-2007, 08:08 PM

Did you edit the group policy ON THE XP BOX? Is file and print sharing checked in the firewall exception list ON THE XP BOX?

mojo · 09-22-2007, 08:45 PM

Checkout my post in that thread too, it's the last one.

Al Pollock · 09-23-2007, 06:41 AM

Hey Glc ,yes I did edit the group policy on the XP box.....

Al Pollock · 09-23-2007, 10:44 AM

Hey people , it still not working but I am leaving this afternoon for a couple of weeks I will have to pursue it when I get back....

Thanks all

Al Pollock · 10-18-2007, 02:31 PM

Well I'm back (say nice things )
I did what all of you told me but still no luck.Should I see the laptop shared folders in my computer or do i have to map a drive . I tried that and it comes up with ???? duh !!network.doc

***glc*** · 10-18-2007, 03:14 PM

You do not have to map a drive but you DO have to go through My Network Places to see them, they don't just magically appear in My Computer.

Al Pollock · 10-18-2007, 03:44 PM

Went to my network places ,can see turion but when I try to open this appears, there is no password and I tried admin and Al....puters near me.doc

09-20-2007, 07:33 PM	#1
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	wireless networking win 2K and XP Pro Have a wireless network setup ,no problem seeing or transfer files from the desk top shared folders to the laptop or printing from the laptop to associated printer on desktop. However I can not seem to see or connect to the lap top from the desktop.. Does this make sense ??? __________________ "Be Adventurous Think For Yourself" Laptop: Hp turion2.2gig 1gig ram XP pro dv 8040us New Build /Xp-sp3/Mint/Win 8 Gigabyte MA77OT-UD3P AMD Phenom quad 4 250 gig SATA WD 6 GIG DDR3 BFG 1000 watt power supply Pioneer DVD-CD-LABEL - Sonny DVD- Nvidia 8400GS Video card

09-22-2007, 12:23 PM	#14
mojo Ceiling cat is watching! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,283	Well, you haven't enabled simple file-sharing on the XP box then. Enable simple file-sharing. __________________ ~Matt CCNA

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09-20-2007, 11:38 PM	#2
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	Which OS is on which machine?

09-21-2007, 07:47 AM	#3
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	the desk top has 2K Pro and the lap top XP Pro..

09-21-2007, 08:27 AM	#4
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	Sticky thread: http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=165490 This applies trying to connect any OS to a XP Pro box. You also have to make sure file and print sharing is enabled in the XP firewall exception list.

09-21-2007, 10:37 AM	#5
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	I don't think that link applies ...Desk top is running windows 2000 pro.... lap top is running XP pro. the lap top can see the desk top but not the other way around ???

09-21-2007, 11:15 AM	#6
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	The link EXACTLY applies - you have to do the group policy edit on the XP Pro box to allow any clients to access it from across the network without a password.

09-21-2007, 11:23 AM	#7
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Okay I was not sure .. Thanks GLC

09-21-2007, 01:52 PM	#9
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	What firewall are you using on the XP box?

09-21-2007, 05:32 PM	#10
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	use Sygate on both.............

09-21-2007, 06:50 PM	#11
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	By the way this a wireless network ...Did I mention that....

09-21-2007, 09:07 PM	#12
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	On the XP box, uninstall Sygate and use the Windows firewall.

09-22-2007, 11:30 AM	#13
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Hey GLC removed Sygate and have XP firewall runing..Still can't see the laptop from desk top . tried mapping but when I tell it to continue it ask for user and pass word . I never set up user and pass word. Should I have to map a drive /shared folder...

09-22-2007, 12:33 PM	#15
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	I am not sure at this point lots going on ...simple how to would be apreciated ...

09-22-2007, 02:02 PM	#16
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Now I have really messed up wound up trying to map drive and forced to make password thought I typed what I did now when puter reboots ask for password in win 2k and I type what I thought I had entered doesn't reconize it ......S#@T........ does any one know how to recover my pass word ??????

09-22-2007, 02:29 PM	#17
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	Log in as administrator and change it. Simple file sharing is found in folder options, view. Last check box.

09-22-2007, 05:22 PM	#18
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	went to control pannel/folder options/view ....nofile sharing box..

09-22-2007, 05:40 PM	#19
mojo Ceiling cat is watching! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,283	It's not only in control panel. It's the tools menu at the top of any windows explorer window. Tools>Folder Options>View tab. It's the last option "Enable Simple File Sharing (Recommended)".

09-22-2007, 06:29 PM	#20
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	We are referring to the XP box, not the 2K box, that needs simple file sharing enabled. I think you are trying to change the settings we are telling you to on the wrong computer.

09-22-2007, 07:05 PM	#21
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	I have the XP box file shared... checked..I was trying to find it in 2k... Just a little regrouping Can't see the XP box from the 2K box what do I have to do in the 2K box ... I can see the 2K from the XP box

09-22-2007, 07:56 PM	#22
mojo Ceiling cat is watching! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,283	You have to make the changes in the XP box, not the 2k box. Enable simple filesharing ON THE XP BOX.

09-22-2007, 08:03 PM	#23
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	I did ....but I still don't see the XP box on the 2k box

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09-22-2007, 08:08 PM	#24
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	Did you edit the group policy ON THE XP BOX? Is file and print sharing checked in the firewall exception list ON THE XP BOX?

09-22-2007, 08:45 PM	#25
mojo Ceiling cat is watching! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,283	Checkout my post in that thread too, it's the last one.

09-23-2007, 06:41 AM	#26
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Hey Glc ,yes I did edit the group policy on the XP box.....

09-23-2007, 10:44 AM	#27
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Hey people , it still not working but I am leaving this afternoon for a couple of weeks I will have to pursue it when I get back.... Thanks all

10-18-2007, 02:31 PM	#28
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Well I'm back (say nice things ) I did what all of you told me but still no luck.Should I see the laptop shared folders in my computer or do i have to map a drive . I tried that and it comes up with ???? duh !!network.doc

10-18-2007, 03:14 PM	#29
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,163	You do not have to map a drive but you DO have to go through My Network Places to see them, they don't just magically appear in My Computer.

10-18-2007, 03:44 PM	#30
Al Pollock Member (11 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Mt. Hope NY Posts: 1,214	Went to my network places ,can see turion but when I try to open this appears, there is no password and I tried admin and Al....puters near me.doc