Response to David Fantomas (in the future)

[Guest Kevin John Panzke]

how are we able to answer your post from the future? Just FYI. Maybe you

 

teleported back from Rectuma and that is why you posted in the future after

 

my post.

 

 

 

Just FYI.

 

 

 

 

 

"Stan Starinski" wrote in

 

message news:ONTkr3rALHA.1892@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

 

> The basics for troubleshooting are:

 

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> 1. Make sure you have the same IP scheme (e.g. 192.168.0.x).

 

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> 2. Make sure you have the same Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS IP addresses.

 

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> 3. Make sure you can ping the other computer's IP address. If this fails,

 

> just for testing, make sure you turn off XP's as well as any other

 

> firewall.

 

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> 4. Make sure you can ping the other computers by name.

 

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> 5. Make sure you have the same workgroup name (watch for trailing spaces)

 

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> 6. For troubleshooting purposes, turn off XP's and completely uninstall

 

> any other firewall software. You can always add more complexity after you

 

> get it working.

 

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> 7. With XP, make sure you have the same username and password as the

 

> person logging onto the other computers. The default setting for XP Pro is

 

> to require a password for network access.

 

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