> 1)  I have a small home network, hard wired, though a Netgear firewall
> router (DHCP), to a ASDL modem.
>
> 2)  On the net are 2 XP Pro O/S's ( one a Dell, the other home built)
> and 1 XP Home O/S (Compact).
>
> 3)  The 2 XP's can Talk with each other (share printer and HD files),
> but the XP home can not.
>
> 4) I can see the XP Home on my network connections but I can not ping
> either one of the other 2 PC's.
>
> 5) All PC's have internet connection.
>
> 6) The XP Home doe not have the option of running simple file sharing
> or not.

"Malke" wrote:

> Mark M wrote:
>
> > 1)  I have a small home network, hard wired, though a Netgear firewall
> > router (DHCP), to a ASDL modem.
> >
> > 2)  On the net are 2 XP Pro O/S's ( one a Dell, the other home built)
> > and 1 XP Home O/S (Compact).
> >
> > 3)  The 2 XP's can Talk with each other (share printer and HD files),
> > but the XP home can not.
> >
> > 4) I can see the XP Home on my network connections but I can not ping
> > either one of the other 2 PC's.
> >
> > 5) All PC's have internet connection.
> >
> > 6) The XP Home doe not have the option of running simple file sharing
> > or not.
>
> Here is my standard "network problems" boilerplate. Probably the "if one
> or more of the computers is XP Pro" section will solve your problem. XP
> Home can only authenticate as Guest. If you've already done some of the
> bits, obviously you can skip them.
>
> This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
> Network Setup Wizard on all computers, making sure to enable File &
> Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
> on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
> firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
> Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
> third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
> Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
> IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
> substitute your correct subnet.
>
> If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:
>
> a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
> accounts/passwords on all computers.
>
> b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
> Simple File Sharing enabled.
>
> Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
> that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
> resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
> matters in your situation.
>
> Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
> home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
> folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
> Shared Documents folder.
>
> If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
> troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
> and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>
> Malke
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