You are viewing an obsolete version of the DU website which is no longer supported by the Administrators. Visit The New DU.
Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

why can't my two XP Home computers see each other? [View All]

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread		 This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU
Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-16-06 03:58 PM
Original message
why can't my two XP Home computers see each other?
Advertisements [?]
They are both running XP Home SP2, both plugged into a hub that goes to my DSL connection. I ran the XO Network setup wizard and named each computer ("Study" and "Laptop") and the workgrouop (MSHOME, the default). I reboot them and neither can see the other. When I ask it to "View Workgoup Computers", it spins for a minute or so and then says "MSHOME Not available".

What's wrong? THe MS help pages and links that come up from Google are worthless - just repeat the same failed steps.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
  -why can't my two XP Home computers see each other? TOJ  Sep-16-06 03:58 PM   #0 
  - Change the workgroup name  HypnoToad   Sep-16-06 04:00 PM   #1 
  - Already done all these  TOJ   Sep-16-06 04:04 PM   #3 
  - Oh, Chickenish!  MaryBear   Sep-16-06 04:04 PM   #2 
  - Did you tell either computer to share any drives or files?  Rabrrrrrr   Sep-16-06 04:15 PM   #4 
  - It's the firewall probably  bamademo   Sep-16-06 05:32 PM   #5 
  - That was it  TOJ   Sep-16-06 06:12 PM   #7 
  - We have the same problem  OhioBlues   Sep-16-06 05:41 PM   #6 
 

Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC