XP machine can't see all others 2

[MJNSBF]

I have 2 new machines running XP pro. I added them to the workgroup, and they can see other XP machines. Not seeing 98, 2000 or printers. However, from the 98 or 2000 machines, I can map a network drive to the XP's just fine. Any ideas on how to view these other pc's from

 

[Tubot]

Not sure, my xp machine can see other win98 machines fine on my network, and I did not do anything out of the normal to get my network up. But I do need to browse the entire network icon then the workgroupe to see these machines.

 

[wolluf]

What happens if you use the find computer feature to search specifically for the 98/2000 machines? Have you tried unsharing and re-sharing resources on 98/2000 machines?

 

[Shaith]

Make sure the machines in question are sharing something, and that the user account on the XP machine is also present on the 98 machines if this is a workgroup configuration.

Shaith
Network Engineer
MCP, Windows XP

 

[Tubot]

Here is a link that may fix your problem. I just had a client call in with the exact same problem and this is what I found.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318030

 

[MJNSBF]

Tubot,

Thanks for the information! That solved my problem! Everyone (especially me!) is a happy camper again!

And thanks to everyone else for your responses!

Michelle

 

[farmamick]

Hullo all,
I have a WinXP Pro machine and a Win98SE machine on a small home network, these are the only computers at this stage. I have an 8 port switch.

The computers refuse to see each other _if_they_are_connected_through_the_switch_. If I connect the machines over the crossover cable, and restart, they see each other fine, and I can browse one machine from the other. If I now disconnect the crossover cable, and reconnect the switched network, without rebooting, I can also browse, without a problem.

WHY????

I have followed the link provided to the support.microsoft.comn page, and followed the instructions, and still no joy...

The XP pro machine has a static IP address 192.168.0.1. The Win98 machine has "obtain a IP address", which it does without a problem - 192.168.0.82 is what it has at the moment... Can anyone help??? In fact I have this problem on another network as well - similar setup, but three XP Pro machines and a 98 machine. Haven't tried the crossover cable trick there, but they refuse to see each other - ICS works fine though.

Thanks for any help.
farmamick@hotmail.com