networking win98 to winxp

My win98 finds winxp when searching for computers, but
when I try to access the winxp computer from win98
computer, I get a message that the winxp is not on the
network. Any ideas what my problem could be?

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Gary Brower" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:00a401c3d86c$61938030$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My win98 finds winxp when searching for computers, but
> when I try to access the winxp computer from win98
> computer, I get a message that the winxp is not on the
> network. Any ideas what my problem could be?

In article <00a401c3d86c$61938030$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Gary Brower"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>My win98 finds winxp when searching for computers, but
>when I try to access the winxp computer from win98
>computer, I get a message that the winxp is not on the
>network. Any ideas what my problem could be?

Run the Network Setup Wizard on XP to fully enable file sharing.
That's often all that's necessary to get everything to work:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...rksetupwiz.htm

If that doesn't fix the problem, these tips should help:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
the local area network connection -- 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. 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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