I have a home network that has been operating well with an older system
running Win 2000 Professional and two newer systems running XP: my work
laptop running Win XP Professional and another desktop system running XP Home
Edition. The work system is part of another domain.

I am replacing the Win 2000 system with a new system running XP
Professional. In the past I connected to the Win 2000 system from my work
system using the NET USE command (NET USE <Drive>: \\<hostname>\<sharename>
<password> /USER:<username> /PERSISTENT:NO ... however this is not working to
access resources on the new XP Professional machine for some reason.

I think I have tried all the obvious things like "add a network place."

I have created shared resources on the new system and run the network setup
wizard on that system, but when I try to run network setup on my work system
it exits with the message that it can't be run due to the machine being part
of a domain.

I can ping my old Win 2K machine from either of these machines, and the
Win2K machine can ping both the new XP Professional machine and the work
laptop, but the new XP Professional machine cannot ping the work laptop and
vice versa.

Any thoughts on diagnosing the issue?

Thanks

Is the firewall on the new XP computer configured to allow network access?
Are you using a name and password known to the new XP box to try to connect
to it?

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"Mark" <markrobertmyers@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ACDD7653-CC97-41B3-A162-9B113090B875@microsoft.com...
>I have a home network that has been operating well with an older system
> running Win 2000 Professional and two newer systems running XP: my work
> laptop running Win XP Professional and another desktop system running XP
> Home
> Edition. The work system is part of another domain.
>
> I am replacing the Win 2000 system with a new system running XP
> Professional. In the past I connected to the Win 2000 system from my work
> system using the NET USE command (NET USE <Drive>:
> \\<hostname>\<sharename>
> <password> /USER:<username> /PERSISTENT:NO ... however this is not working
> to
> access resources on the new XP Professional machine for some reason.
>
> I think I have tried all the obvious things like "add a network place."
>
> I have created shared resources on the new system and run the network
> setup
> wizard on that system, but when I try to run network setup on my work
> system
> it exits with the message that it can't be run due to the machine being
> part
> of a domain.
>
> I can ping my old Win 2K machine from either of these machines, and the
> Win2K machine can ping both the new XP Professional machine and the work
> laptop, but the new XP Professional machine cannot ping the work laptop
> and
> vice versa.
>
> Any thoughts on diagnosing the issue?
>
> Thanks

Thanks for your post, Richard.

Windows Firewall is enabled with the following exceptions:
File and Printer
Remote Assistance
UPnP Framework

I am pursuing several approaches to try to get the computers communicating,
one of them being the NET USE command that worked previously from my work
computer (the one that's a member of a domain). The username and password
that I am using in the NET USE command is the one I use to log on to the new
XP computer ... I have double-checked that.

Any other ideas welcome.

-Mark

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

> Is the firewall on the new XP computer configured to allow network access?
> Are you using a name and password known to the new XP box to try to connect
> to it?
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@gmail.com
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to.
> * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/
> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Mark" <markrobertmyers@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ACDD7653-CC97-41B3-A162-9B113090B875@microsoft.com...
> >I have a home network that has been operating well with an older system
> > running Win 2000 Professional and two newer systems running XP: my work
> > laptop running Win XP Professional and another desktop system running XP
> > Home
> > Edition. The work system is part of another domain.
> >
> > I am replacing the Win 2000 system with a new system running XP
> > Professional. In the past I connected to the Win 2000 system from my work
> > system using the NET USE command (NET USE <Drive>:
> > \\<hostname>\<sharename>
> > <password> /USER:<username> /PERSISTENT:NO ... however this is not working
> > to
> > access resources on the new XP Professional machine for some reason.
> >
> > I think I have tried all the obvious things like "add a network place."
> >
> > I have created shared resources on the new system and run the network
> > setup
> > wizard on that system, but when I try to run network setup on my work
> > system
> > it exits with the message that it can't be run due to the machine being
> > part
> > of a domain.
> >
> > I can ping my old Win 2K machine from either of these machines, and the
> > Win2K machine can ping both the new XP Professional machine and the work
> > laptop, but the new XP Professional machine cannot ping the work laptop
> > and
> > vice versa.
> >
> > Any thoughts on diagnosing the issue?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>