NetWork Wizard not seting up a connection

I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers now
for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully for 5
weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn.. Yes I
have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network connetions
window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp. ethernet
cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone Alarm Free
Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing something?
Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be the
ticket to registry repair?

Hi
Try to get rid of ZA and see if it starts working again.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:513CA5FF-442C-4F36-96F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers now
> for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully
> for 5
> weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn.. Yes I
> have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
> connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network
> connetions
> window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp. ethernet
> cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone Alarm
> Free
> Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing something?
> Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be the
> ticket to registry repair?

Jack removed and restarted comp., but still can't see the other computer in
My Net.
Ditto for trying to see or find the shared printer.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> Try to get rid of ZA and see if it starts working again.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:513CA5FF-442C-4F36-96F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers now
> > for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully
> > for 5
> > weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn.. Yes I
> > have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
> > connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network
> > connetions
> > window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp. ethernet
> > cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone Alarm
> > Free
> > Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing something?
> > Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be the
> > ticket to registry repair?
>
>
>

Jim, i read about how to set allowed or privilaged connections and got the
correct IP Addresses for each computer, but still no luck. I don't see the
other comp. in My Network Places.

"Jim" wrote:

>
> "Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:513CA5FF-442C-4F36-96F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers now
> > for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully
> > for 5
> > weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn.. Yes I
> > have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
> > connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network
> > connetions
> > window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp. ethernet
> > cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone Alarm
> > Free
> > Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing something?
> > Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be the
> > ticket to registry repair?
> No. Also, since my network runs fine with ZA enabled, I can't agree that
> getting rid of ZA is much of a solution.
>
> Can you ping each computer from the other one? If not, you may not have ZA
> configured correctly. Note that
> the Network Setup Wizard configures the Windows firewall for file and
> printer sharing, but it may not do the same
> to ZA.
>
> Jim
>
>
>

Hi
Make sure that no processes running left behind ZA (it can happen even if
you uninstall the application).
May be this can further Help.
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network
settings,http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html As well as specific adjustment of
each computer according to what it is allowed to be shared.
Vista File and Printer Sharing-
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/net.../vista_fp.mspx
Basic XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro...lesharing.mspx
Advanced XP - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
Printer Sharing XP -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx
Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357
Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:446E3512-96B3-4121-859D-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Jack removed and restarted comp., but still can't see the other computer
> in
> My Net.
> Ditto for trying to see or find the shared printer.
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> Try to get rid of ZA and see if it starts working again.
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>> "Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:513CA5FF-442C-4F36-96F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers
>> >now
>> > for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully
>> > for 5
>> > weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn..
>> > Yes I
>> > have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
>> > connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network
>> > connetions
>> > window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp.
>> > ethernet
>> > cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone
>> > Alarm
>> > Free
>> > Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing
>> > something?
>> > Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be
>> > the
>> > ticket to registry repair?
>>
>>
>>

I can ping each comp. from the other with 4 pkts. sent; 4 pkts. received; 0%
lost.
Howerver I also notice that I can access ipconfig from Run command line, I
must go to assessories>command prompt.

"Jim" wrote:

>
> "Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2A3B7B95-5E86-4B25-92EE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Jim, i read about how to set allowed or privilaged connections and got the
> > correct IP Addresses for each computer, but still no luck. I don't see the
> > other comp. in My Network Places.
> I'll bet you cannot ping one computer from the other either. Blocking of
> ICMP packets is the principal reason behing ping failures.
>
> I believe that whatever program maintains My Network Places does so by
> pinging
> all possilble address in the local lan. It only lists those which reply.
> Thus, what
> you see is a clear indication of the root cause of your problem.
>
> Jim
> >
> > "Jim" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Thom Bailey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:513CA5FF-442C-4F36-96F3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I have been working at getting 2 computers to share files and printers
> >> >now
> >> > for two weeks. Funny thing is that I had the 2 comp. shared succesfully
> >> > for 5
> >> > weeks prior and everything just stopped showing up in network conn..
> >> > Yes I
> >> > have gone through the Checklist for preparing a home/office network
> >> > connection and I can't "see" my other comp. showing in the network
> >> > connetions
> >> > window. I can't get my printer to share. I have two XP Pro comp.
> >> > ethernet
> >> > cabled to a Linksys router. I have allowed IP Addresses in my Zone
> >> > Alarm
> >> > Free
> >> > Trusted Zones. What next? Is the Registry "cooked" or missing
> >> > something?
> >> > Would a (original software install O.S.) XP Pro CD Repair of O.S. be
> >> > the
> >> > ticket to registry repair?
> >> No. Also, since my network runs fine with ZA enabled, I can't agree that
> >> getting rid of ZA is much of a solution.
> >>
> >> Can you ping each computer from the other one? If not, you may not have
> >> ZA
> >> configured correctly. Note that
> >> the Network Setup Wizard configures the Windows firewall for file and
> >> printer sharing, but it may not do the same
> >> to ZA.
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>