XP laptop SE desktop both see internet but cannot see each other

D-Link 524 to cable modem. Laptop e-machines built-in 802.11g. Old desktop
with Gigafast USB wireless device. Both computers can access internet. Have
used XP wireless wizard to setup workgroup. Goofy thing, when it tells me
that I can make an XP setup disk to use on other computer, get message that I
have no removeable media.?????? Cannot figure how to tell SE about workgroup
etc. Is there a straightforward guide on how to get the computers to talk to
one another?
Thanks for any help you guys/girls may give me.

In article <C6D5B3D2-EB18-47C0-8B01-(E-Mail Removed)>,
Tulaqi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>D-Link 524 to cable modem. Laptop e-machines built-in 802.11g. Old desktop
>with Gigafast USB wireless device. Both computers can access internet. Have
>used XP wireless wizard to setup workgroup. Goofy thing, when it tells me
>that I can make an XP setup disk to use on other computer, get message that I
>have no removeable media.?????? Cannot figure how to tell SE about workgroup
>etc. Is there a straightforward guide on how to get the computers to talk to
>one another?
>Thanks for any help you guys/girls may give me.

XP's Network Setup Wizard can only write its setup disk on a floppy
disk. If you don't have a floppy disk, you can send the Wizard's
setup file to the SE computer by writing it to a CD-R or USB flash
drive, E-mailing it as an attachment to a message, or any other means.
The file is:

C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe

However, despite what the Wizard says, you don't have to run it on
other computers. You can set up the SE computer manually. Go to
Control Panel | Network and:

1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:

TCP/IP protocol
Client for Microsoft Networks
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks

2. Remove these network components if they're present:

IPX/SPX protocol
NetBEUI protocol
Client for NetWare networks

3. Set the workgroup name to the same name as the Windows XP computer
uses (default for XP is MSHOME).
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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Steve, I've been desperately trying to reconnect my reformatted Windows XP
Professional to the network I made a number of years ago with my Windows
98SE and WIN95 machines. You may have given me a clue here but I'm not sure.
Would appreciate your comment. I've run so many routines over the past
several days it's difficult to remember exactly what I did; I've panicked a
few times and didn't make notes. the clue you gave me involves the name of
the workgroup I used with the XP. I may have run through the network setup
wizard and created a workgroup identical to the original thinking I was
merely joining the original. I now suspect I may have created an entirely
new workgroup with the identical name. Here's what I get on the XP: Start |
My Computer | My Network Places . it's blank here. But if I click "View
Workgroup Computers" I get a window labeled in the top left corner with the
name of my original workgroup (the name I put in the XP network wizard. I
think) and in the main body of the screen is an icon and name for the XP
machine (which I changed from the time it was a member of the original
workgroup).

If I'm on the right track, can you tell me how to resolve this? If I do have
a duplicate name issue, I'd prefer to keep the original.


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <C6D5B3D2-EB18-47C0-8B01-(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Tulaqi <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >D-Link 524 to cable modem. Laptop e-machines built-in 802.11g. Old
desktop
> >with Gigafast USB wireless device. Both computers can access internet.
Have
> >used XP wireless wizard to setup workgroup. Goofy thing, when it tells
me
> >that I can make an XP setup disk to use on other computer, get message
that I
> >have no removeable media.?????? Cannot figure how to tell SE about
workgroup
> >etc. Is there a straightforward guide on how to get the computers to
talk to
> >one another?
> >Thanks for any help you guys/girls may give me.
>
> XP's Network Setup Wizard can only write its setup disk on a floppy
> disk. If you don't have a floppy disk, you can send the Wizard's
> setup file to the SE computer by writing it to a CD-R or USB flash
> drive, E-mailing it as an attachment to a message, or any other means.
> The file is:
>
> C:\Windows\System32\Netsetup.exe
>
> However, despite what the Wizard says, you don't have to run it on
> other computers. You can set up the SE computer manually. Go to
> Control Panel | Network and:
>
> 1. Add these network components if they aren't already present:
>
> TCP/IP protocol
> Client for Microsoft Networks
> File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
>
> 2. Remove these network components if they're present:
>
> IPX/SPX protocol
> NetBEUI protocol
> Client for NetWare networks
>
> 3. Set the workgroup name to the same name as the Windows XP computer
> uses (default for XP is MSHOME).
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
> http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

In article <#E0kpv#(E-Mail Removed)>, "jaygreg"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Steve, I've been desperately trying to reconnect my reformatted Windows XP
>Professional to the network I made a number of years ago with my Windows
>98SE and WIN95 machines. You may have given me a clue here but I'm not sure.
>Would appreciate your comment. I've run so many routines over the past
>several days it's difficult to remember exactly what I did; I've panicked a
>few times and didn't make notes. the clue you gave me involves the name of
>the workgroup I used with the XP. I may have run through the network setup
>wizard and created a workgroup identical to the original thinking I was
>merely joining the original. I now suspect I may have created an entirely
>new workgroup with the identical name. Here's what I get on the XP: Start |
>My Computer | My Network Places . it's blank here. But if I click "View
>Workgroup Computers" I get a window labeled in the top left corner with the
>name of my original workgroup (the name I put in the XP network wizard. I
>think) and in the main body of the screen is an icon and name for the XP
>machine (which I changed from the time it was a member of the original
>workgroup).
>
>If I'm on the right track, can you tell me how to resolve this? If I do have
>a duplicate name issue, I'd prefer to keep the original.

It isn't possible to have two different workgroups with the same name.
You can change a computer's workgroup name at any time.

But it doesn't matter whether you've used the same workgroup names on
all computers. A network can have multiple workgroups, and a
computer in any workgroup can access a computer in any workgroup.

To see all of the workgroups on a network in XP, open My Network
Places, click "View Workgroup Computers", and then press the Backspace
Key.

To see all of the workgroups on a network in 95 and 98, open Network
Neighborhood, then click "Entire Network".

To access another computer directly, regardless of what workgroup that
computer is in, type the other computer's name in the Start > Run box
in this format:

\\computer

Browsing a network through Network Neighborhood and My Network Places
is inherently unreliable. IMHO, Microsoft did a bad job of designing
and implementing it. In a mixed 95/98/XP network, you can sometimes
make network browsing work better by setting "Browse Master" to
"Disabled" in Control Panel > Network > "File and printer sharing for
Microsoft Networks" > Properties on the 95/98 computers
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm