Can't see other computer on network from win 98 computer

have had trouble with a win 98 machine not being seen on
the network. Simple network with four computers 2 xp, 1
2000 and the 98 machine that can not be seen. It has
worked till recently. All computers share the internet
and the 98 machine shares the printer through the xp
machine.

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"John" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:00b801c3c59a$ded78e90$(E-Mail Removed)...
> have had trouble with a win 98 machine not being seen on
> the network. Simple network with four computers 2 xp, 1
> 2000 and the 98 machine that can not be seen. It has
> worked till recently. All computers share the internet
> and the 98 machine shares the printer through the xp
> machine.

In article <00b801c3c59a$ded78e90$(E-Mail Removed)>, "John"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>have had trouble with a win 98 machine not being seen on
>the network. Simple network with four computers 2 xp, 1
>2000 and the 98 machine that can not be seen. It has
>worked till recently. All computers share the internet
>and the 98 machine shares the printer through the xp
>machine.

Make sure that FIle and Printer Sharing is enabled on 98. If the 98
machine doesn't appear in My Network Places on XP and 2000, try
accessing it by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this form:

\\computer

If those suggestions don't help, try these:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm

3. If the network uses TCP/IP, make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is
enabled on all computers. Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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