XP machines not acting the same
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From: John Wunderlich on 21 May 2010 15:39 damageinc <damageinc.4bb2yh(a)no.email.invalid> wrote in news:damageinc.4bb2yh(a)no.email.invalid: > I disabled IPX. No luck. Now after a few days, I haven't made any > changes and the scenario is: > THe Win 7 Machine doesn't see either XP machine even though it can > ping them both. > One of the XP machines sees the Win 7 Machine but can't access it > at all. > The other XP machine( the one that runs with the better > connectivity) can open Windo7 7 shares on cmd but cannot see the > Win 7 Machine in WorkGroup. > Both XP machines share and see each other > THis is Unreal. I have tried the LLLTD hot fix and everything else > under the sun- NO LUCK! HELP! > My wife has a work from home office and I just got laid off so I > thought I would work on making her computing more efficient with > printer and file sharing but this is a disaster.I have spent over > 100hrs on this. > Oh, I also disable IPV6 again- No luck. > And....I connected all 3 machines to the router by ethernet to > rule out any wireless issues...still no help. > AAARRGGHHH! > And 1 more thing- I dont get this at all...THe Win 7 Machine can't > access itself in the network- access is denied! WTH? Being that the two XP machines communicate just fine, I would guess that the problem seems to point to the Win 7 machine. I have no experience with Win 7. There have been no Win 7 newsgroups formed. You might want to look for answers in the Microsoft Windows 7 Forums: <http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7> -- John
From: damageinc on 21 May 2010 09:32 Lots of views, little help... Anyway, I have been able( by changing the "node" on the xp machines to enable both of them now to share whatever I want.They can also access the folders that I have been able to share on Win 7. Again, all machines are on ethernet now... Anyway, this is turning into a blog on my stressful inability to completely share xp and win 7 machines... I have searched everywhere for a fix, no luck... The xp machines have simple file share off,firewall disabled.THe Win 7 machine has IPV6 disabled...all file sharing and discovery turned out w\o password . Strange thing is that Win 7 machine can ping the 2 xps but cannot see them in network.Oddly they show up on network map. WHen I click on the Win7 computer on the win 7 machine, it says access denied? Also- even more strange, the Win 7 machine cannot share Public folders.It has an E: drive (CDRW) that can be accessed by the xp machines. WHen I go into share( Everyone is listed on the folders I opened, the Win 7 machine tells me that "This folder can't be shared. I know that Win 7 shares Public if you turn on discovery and file sharing.What eh heck? Anyone on this forum have an idea? Seems like I am 90% there and something simple is holding me back.Even more strange is that I was able to access anything I wanted before on the Win 7 machine with one of the Xp's before consistantly. This shouldnt be this difficult... Any ideas are appreciated or maybe this isn't the right forum to ask?
From: richardmuendes on 21 May 2010 16:41
The solution is pretty simple really, but I advise that you use this as a last resort: Either upgrade the two XP devices to Vista or W7, or downgrade W7 to XP. |