File Sharing With Windows XP Professional and XP Home

4 Aug 2006 3:11 PM

kevinmolive

I have an interesting problem.

I have a XP professional laptop connected to home network
I have a XP Home desktop connected to home network with USB connected

For months, I have printed from my laptop top the printer connected to
the XP home desktop.

One day it stopped working. After much troubleshooting, I decided that
I would upgrade XP home to XP professional.

I did the upgrade (not a clean install, but an upgrade).

My laptop (XP Prof) still can not print (or access any shared folders)
from the XP Prof Desktop.

Both computers have internet access. The desktop can access the laptop
file sharing. The reverse is not true.

In hindsight, I wish I did a clean XP Prof install. Any ideas?

4 Aug 2006 5:03 PM

Chuck

On 4 Aug 2006 08:11:10 -0700, kevinmol***@gmail.com wrote:

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>I have an interesting problem.
>
>I have a XP professional laptop connected to home network
>I have a XP Home desktop connected to home network with USB connected
>
>For months, I have printed from my laptop top the printer connected to
>the XP home desktop.
>
>One day it stopped working. After much troubleshooting, I decided that
>I would upgrade XP home to XP professional.
>
>I did the upgrade (not a clean install, but an upgrade).
>
>My laptop (XP Prof) still can not print (or access any shared folders)
>from the XP Prof Desktop.
>
>Both computers have internet access. The desktop can access the laptop
>file sharing. The reverse is not true.
>
>In hindsight, I wish I did a clean XP Prof install. Any ideas?

Kevin,

Your problem is not unknown here. One of the most common causes would be a
misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, or other security component.
There are several other possibilities too, and any might be the cause of your
problem. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

You might look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose the problem. Read
this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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actual address pchuck mvps org.