Guest engwar Posted July 14, 2007 Posted July 14, 2007 I have a home network with two machines, one an XP Pro box and the other a Windows 2000 machine. After working flawlessly for a long time the machines no longer can 'see' each other. I am able to ping each machine from the other. Internet connectivity works for both boxes My Tivo box can see shares on the XP Pro box My XP Pro box can see the shares on itself but not shares on the 2000 box. The 2000 box can not see shared folders on either itself or the XP Pro box. If I'm on the 2000 box and I go under My Network Places-->Entire Network-->Microsoft Windows Network I can see the name of the workgroup but no shares appear under that. File and Print Sharing is enabled in my control panel. I've rebooted both boxes as well as my router. I've tried changing the workgroup name on both boxes. Any ideas?
Guest Dave Patrick Posted July 15, 2007 Posted July 15, 2007 Re: Win2K box can't see workgroup Sounds like browser problems. These articles may help. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];134304 Description of the Microsoft Computer Browser Service http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];188001 How Browsing a Wide Area Network Works http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];117633 Common Questions About Browsing with Windows http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];136712 Information on Browser Operation (Q102878) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];102878 This tool may also help. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=818092 -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "engwar" wrote: >I have a home network with two machines, one an XP Pro box and the > other a Windows 2000 machine. > > After working flawlessly for a long time the machines no longer can > 'see' each other. > > I am able to ping each machine from the other. > Internet connectivity works for both boxes > My Tivo box can see shares on the XP Pro box > My XP Pro box can see the shares on itself but not shares on the 2000 > box. > The 2000 box can not see shared folders on either itself or the XP > Pro box. > > If I'm on the 2000 box and I go under My Network Places-->Entire > Network-->Microsoft Windows Network I can see the name of the > workgroup but no shares appear under that. > > File and Print Sharing is enabled in my control panel. > > I've rebooted both boxes as well as my router. I've tried changing the > workgroup name on both boxes. > > Any ideas? >
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