Subj : Re: networking
To   : Dennis Haddox
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Sun Sep 05 2004 04:20 pm

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



 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.

 DH> Hmmm...I didn't know that about the logon, but it is strange
 DH> that I haven't changed anything dealing with logons and it
 DH> 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.

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

 Double-check her logon on the Win9x system... and then look to make sure it's 
a valid logon on the XP system... it's possible that it was an acceptable logon 
with the original installation, but not set up as a user after the reinstall.

And if you find out how to add Netbeui on the XP system, do me a favour, 
please, and either post instructions here or send me an email.


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