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Preston
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 7:03 am    Post subject: file and resource sharing Reply with quote

my computer is setup on a network in my home and i am the only computer that
can't see sthe server, but the server can see me. what am i doing wrong?
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Chuck
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:03 am    Post subject: Re: file and resource sharing Reply with quote

On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 18:03:01 -0800, "Preston"
<Preston@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Quote:
my computer is setup on a network in my home and i am the only computer that
can't see sthe server, but the server can see me. what am i doing wrong?

Preston,

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

How many computers total are you talking about? What Operating Systems (name,
version, SP level) on each?

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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Carey Holzman
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Posted: Sat Dec 25, 2004 8:15 am    Post subject: Re: file and resource sharing Reply with quote

Follow the steps on each PC at www.careyholzman.com/net1.htm

Carey


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my computer is setup on a network in my home and i am the only computer
that
can't see sthe server, but the server can see me. what am i doing wrong?
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