Home Network Problem

[JimClark]

Running Windows 2000 on two computers networked via ethernet cards. Network was working fine until I lost the C drive on one computer. Installed new drive and operating system and now I'm having a problem.

From either computer I can do a search for computers and find the other computer. From within the search routine I can drill down and see all the drives, folders, files and printers connected to the other computer, and I can share files in both directions. But only if I work from within the search function. If I open Windows Explorer and click My Network Places I can not find the other computer. And if I want to print to the printer connected to the other computer, that printer does not show up as a choice in the print menu.

No changes were made to any of the hardware or settings on the second computer, and only the hard drive was changed on the first, plus reloading the operating system. All the drives and printers are set for sharing.

Any ideas where to look first are appreciated.

 

[hewissa]

Sorry for the obvious questions, but,

Are they in the same workgroup?

Same Subnet?

Same network?

You mentioned you reinstalled the OS on the new drive but didn't specify if you had configured these accordingly. I assume you did but thought to ask anyway.

Can you use the NET USE \\computerip\share

and

\\computername\share ?

Hewissa

MCSE, CCNA, CIW

 

[Shift838]

For home networks, they need to be configured within the same workgroup and subnet. If you have a server then make them members of the same domain. Should work fine as long as they are members of the same domain or workgroup and of course be on the same subnet..

 

[tlcscousin]

When you do get access is it after being prompted for a user and password?
If so when you rebuilt on the new drive just keeping all the info identical isnt enough you need to create a new user to represent the new install. If the user name and password are the same as before delete them and recreate them on the target machine. The new install gets a new guid when it is setup and is not the same as the previous one.