On 4 Nov 2006 06:53:58 -0800, "Dazed" <ke***@optonline.net> wrote:

>Have a home network built around a Linksys router, with two desktops
>connected (network cable) to this router.  (There's also a couple of
>wireless laptops not around right now.)  Both PCs - one WinME, one XP
>Home - connect through this router to the cable modem and internet just
>fine, and the XP machine can access the hard drive of the ME device.
>>From the ME machine, though, I can no longer connect to any of the hard
>drives on the XP machine -
>
>This looks to have started when I had to switch to a spare,
>already-installed network card on the XP PC; the previously-used one
>had failed.  I did try "unsharing" and "re-sharing" various drives and
>folders on the XP machine, no luck.  I didn't see any obvious fixes in
>the router configuration screen, and both machines have been rebooted
>repeatedly . . . no luck.  I've also, as a long shot, updated the
>router firmware.
>
>What's the next thing(s) I ought to try?
>
>Thanks -

On 4 Nov 2006 09:50:23 -0800, "Dazed" <ke***@optonline.net> wrote:

>
>Chuck wrote, in part:
>>
>> With Windows ME and Windows XP together, a master browser conflict is the most
>> likely.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/windows-9x-9598me-and-browser.html
>>
>This does appear to have been the problem.  Disabled the ME master
>browser, waited a while, and the network reverted to full visibility.
>
>Thanks!