[pchelpers] Re: pc does not see shared files

G. R. Hanson wrote:

>I have 3 on the network.
>I tell you, I don't know some of the answers you asked.
>
>I ran a network wizard a while back I know I did.
>
>I'm connected 'wirelessly' to the laptop and living room pc from the 
>wired one in the computer room that has a router.
>
>I should be able to see in 'network places' the 'shared files'.  But I 
>don't.
>
><Miki, a sister on another list... she got me fixed up so that my 
>printer can be seen on all 3 now.  Sure is handy!>
>
>I'm on win xp home.
>
>  
>
What you need to do is get NETBEUI on all three computers. In XP it 
isn't installed. You have to install
it by hand. You can find it on the XP cd under: Valueadd\MSFT\NET\Netbeui

There is a text file that shows you where to copy the two files
* copy nbf.sys into the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ directory ( 
Normally C:\windows )
* copy netnbf.inf into the %SYSTEMROOT%\INF\ directory ( Make sure 
hidden files are turned off or you won't see this folder )
* open network connection properties and use "Install..." button to add 
NetBEUI protocol

Now go to your network connection and rt click and pick "Properties"
Under the list of installed protocols click the "Install" button, now 
the "Protocol" button.
Now you should see the option to pick NetBEUI and install it.
Reboot all three computers and that should fix everything.

Things to check out:

1. be sure you have something shared on all three computers.
2. In the Explorer window, rt click on the "My Network Places" folder 
and pick "Search for computers"
Type in the name of the computer. If it finds the computer and it isn't 
listed in your "Network Places" then you
have a Driver/Protocol problem.
3. As a test turn off all firewalls on all computers.
4. see if you can ping the computers.In your "network connections" click 
on your connection. Now a box should open
up on the left side showing you your details for that connection, 
including it's Network IP address
5. Be sure that all three computers are in the same workgroup. And have 
different IP addresses.
6. check the setting in your router. Last week I lost my network and 
found out that my router got reset to factory settings
which made me have 2 DHCP servers on my network. Which reminds me. Look 
in your event viewer for any clues as to
what might be wrong. My viewer had a message telling me that my network 
had two DHCP servers and that it was shutting
the one on my computer down.  "Control Panel\Administrative Tools\Event 
Viewer

I think I covered everthing

Pc


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