Does the laptop have SP2 installed?  Have you run the XP netsetup.exe on
the existing machines?

  Although it's probably tolerable with only 5 machines (although you also
list a server...), I recommend against NetBEUI.  It eliminates the
performance and security benefits of using a network switch, and when things
are half working, you don't know whether it's because you've got TCP/IP half
right, or if TCP/IP is completely broken and it's just that some things are
managing to work across NetBEUI instead.  Blocking NetBIOS to/from the
Internet is something (only one of many things!) your firewall should be
doing for you.

David Gillett


On 12 Dec 2004 at 10:42, Billy Ades wrote:

> Hi all,
> I have a client running Win2000 server in a workgroup environment.  There
> are 5 computers on the network, two running win98 two running win2000 pro
> and a new laptop running xp home.  Even though the xp home computer is
> configured for the workgroup, it cannot access or even see the server.  It
> shows up on the server but is inaccessible from there.  It can also be seen
> from all the other workstations but cannot be accessed.  I know home edition
> is not really designed for a network environment, but should it still be
> able to be seen on the network?  I installed netbeui (which all the other
> computers run in addition to TCP IP) and set it as the primary protocol but
> still no luck. Please advise.
> Bill Ades
> Doctor Data Tech Solutions, inc.
> New York,NY
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