Milke,

I'm having the Sharing Network problem also - when I 'ping' the laptop
from desktop, I get timeouts, Same when I 'ping' the desktop from
the laptop. I have a 4-Port Router for the network. I'm running
WinXP on the desktop, and Vista on the laptop. I have Norton Internet
Security on both machines (I have Windows's Firewall OFF on each
machine). I shared the 'E' drive on the desktop with the laptop.
Everything was working fine until I had to uninstall and reinstall NIS
on the laptop. Since then, the two machines do not see each other on
the network.

In NIS, on the desktop, I have the laptop's IP address in the
'Trusted' area - and on the laptop, I have the desktop's IP address in
the NIS 'Trusted" area.

When I review the network and sharing on the laptop - only the laptop
shows up on the network. (I have full access to the Internet on both
the laptop and the desktop via the router).

I'm not sure what to do to get these machines to see each other again.
I'm hoping you might be able to point me in the right direction (I
hope so!)

Thanks
Charlie

>On Sat, 10 May 2008 19:11:34 -0700, Malke <malke@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
>by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls
>such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3)
>not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines;
>4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
>
>1. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
>need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
>assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
>need to exist and match on all machines. If you wish a machine to boot
>directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for
>convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both
>XP and Vista:
>
>Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
>http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
>2. On the XP box, Control Panel>Folder Options>View tab. Uncheck "Use simple
>file sharing".
>
>3. On the XP box, check the firewall settings.
>
>Malke
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