WIN98 Connection to WINXP

I have a 2 computer network. It used to be WIN98 and WIN2K. The 2 computers
talked fine to each other. I'm in the process of upgrading the computers and
I upgraded the WIN2K computer first as it acts as the Server to WINXP(same
settings as the W2K machine). I can see the WIN98 machine from the WINXP
machine just fine, but cannot any longer see the WINXP machine from the WIN98
machine. The firewall is turned off of the XP machine. I've tried pinging
the network address, uninstalling and reinstalling the NIC, and everything
else I could think of to get the 98 machine to see the XP machine with no
results.

Any suggestions or ideas from the group on this?

Thanks

Terry

In article <CBA893D1-B4F6-41BB-8DCA-(E-Mail Removed)>, Terry
Swift <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a 2 computer network. It used to be WIN98 and WIN2K. The 2 computers
>talked fine to each other. I'm in the process of upgrading the computers and
>I upgraded the WIN2K computer first as it acts as the Server to WINXP(same
>settings as the W2K machine). I can see the WIN98 machine from the WINXP
>machine just fine, but cannot any longer see the WINXP machine from the WIN98
>machine. The firewall is turned off of the XP machine. I've tried pinging
>the network address, uninstalling and reinstalling the NIC, and everything
>else I could think of to get the 98 machine to see the XP machine with no
>results.
>
>Any suggestions or ideas from the group on this?
>
>Thanks
>
>Terry

I suspect that a firewall is causing the problem. What firewall did
you turn off? Was it XP's built-in Windows Firewall, or a firewall
program (Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm, etc)? If one of those firewall
programs is installed, you must leave the Windows Firewall disabled.

Did you do an upgrade installation from an existing WIN2K installation
to WINXP Professional? Or did you do a clean installation of WINXP
Home or Professional? If you did an upgrade, un-install and then
re-install any firewall program.
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