Subj : Re: networking
To   : Alan Zisman
From : Dennis Haddox
Date : Sun Sep 05 2004 02:27 am

-=> Alan Zisman wrote to Dennis Haddox <=-

 AZ> Dennis: In my experience, networking problems like this can be
 AZ> hard to diagnose (or work out)... I'm assuming from what you're
 AZ> saying that the hardware and TCPIP settings are all correct.

Yes, I have gone over and over them and can't find anything
wrong.

 AZ> If you're having a hard time connecting to the XP system from
 AZ> the W9x computer a couple of things to check are:
 AZ> -- on the W9x computer, you need to be set (in the Network
 AZ> control panel) for Primary Network Logon: Client for Microsoft
 AZ> Networking -- also on on the W9x computer, you need to logon
 AZ> with a user name and password that are valid on the XP
 AZ> system... they can be the same as the user that is currently
 AZ> logged onto the XP system.

Hmmm...I didn't know that about the logon, but it is strange
that I haven't changed anything dealing with logons and it
worked before I reinstalled XP on her computer.

 AZ> TCP/IP networking can be intermittently flaky... you may want
 AZ> to install NetBeui as an additional networking protocol on both
 AZ> systems... that's easy to do on the W9x box, but may be more
 AZ> difficult on the XP system. (In fact, I forget the details of
 AZ> how to do it on XP-- it may only be available as an option on
 AZ> XP Pro, not XP Home... ) I've found adding NetBeui seems to
 AZ> make networking a lot more stable many times.

Ok, I never thought of that. Now that you brought that to my
attention, I am fairly sure I had netbeui installed before
but I took it out and only have tcp/ip on them now. I will
check into that, thanks!

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