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Ian D. Weatherall - 21 Oct 2004 21:10 GMT

Hello folks,
I have 3 machines seup utilising a dsl connection via a wireles router the 3
machines are like this

pc1 - WinXP Pro SP1 - hard wired
pc2 - Win98SE - hard wired
pc3 - Win98SE Wireless

I recently reinstalled Win98 on pc3 and now when I access the network
neighbourhood, then entire nework I get a message telling me the network
cannot be accessed it
doesn't even show itself as part of the network

I can ping pc1 & pc2 from pc3
When I "Find computer" from pc3 it finds both pc1 & pc2

I can use either pc1 or pc2 to transfer files to pc 3 and vice versa

Each pc has net access without a problem.

I have un/reinstalled each client and made sure the workgroup name is
correct.

I only have tcp/ip as a protocol and client for microsoft networks and file
and printer sharing installed as the clients.

Any thoughts, I hope this is enough infomation

Ian

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Carey Holzman - 22 Oct 2004 00:51 GMT

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

> Hello folks,
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Ian D. Weatherall - 22 Oct 2004 03:17 GMT

Thank you, Carey.
I can only find a reference to my problem with WinME, I have Win98 will it
still work.
Regards,
Ian

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 22 Oct 2004 09:48 GMT

>Hello folks,
>I have 3 machines seup utilising a dsl connection via a wireles router the 3
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>Ian

Since "Find computer" and pinging work from pc3, the basic network
settings are right. There's no reason to make any changes in the
network protocols. Some minor problem is preventing pc3 from browsing
in Network Neighborhood.

It can take up to 15 minutes after a computer starts up before network
browsing works. During that time, you should be able to access
another computer through Find computer" or by typing the other
computer's name in the Start | Run box preceded by two backslash
characters:

\\computer

Since there's a Windows XP computer on the network, it might help to
disable Browse Master on pc3: Control Panel | Network | File and
Printer Sharing | Properties.

If that doesn't help, here are some common reasons for the inability
to browse the network:

1. The network settings are configured for user-level access control,
which isn't available in a peer-to-peer network. Go to Control Panel

| Network, click the Access Control tab, and make sure that

share-level access control is selected.

2. The user isn't logged on. Is there a logon prompt when pc3 starts?
If so, don't cancel it. Complete the logon by entering a user name
and, optionally, a password. If there's no logon prompt, click Start

| Log Off or Start | Shut Down | Close all programs... and log back

on. If that makes network browsing work properly, the most likely fix
is to go to this registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Network\Real Mode Net

and delete the value named "AutoLogon", as shown here:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/nologon.htm#AutoLogon

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Ian D. Weatherall - 27 Oct 2004 05:24 GMT

Thank you for the help Steve,
The user logon was the issue, the pc didn't request a login on startup, but
it also wasn't logging on as a user. I logged off then back on and
everything has been great since, even after restarting.
Thanks again.
Ian

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