Just becuase the computer does not appear in My Network Places does not mean
they can not interoperate over the network.
Click Start, Run then key \\computername\sharename and press Enter.
If you are logged on with user account that has the same name and password
on the other computer (i.e. the called computername), try this:
\\computername\C$
This should open an Explorer window showing the contents of the C partition
on computername.
My experience is that the Browser service that acquires the list of
computers on a "network" is less than 100% effective/reliable - I usually
just ignore it and use Start, Run or Map Network Drive.
If the Start, Run technique doesn't work, time to take a look at the IP
configuration and verify that both computers are in the same subnet; also
verify that any firewall is configured with an exception for File and Print
Sharing. Your XP 64 installation most likely has the Windows Firewall
installed and turned on, but your 32 bit computers may not.
The netsh command can be used to determine the Windows firewall status and
which exceptions are in place. Open a Command Prompt and key the command:
netsh firewall show state
You should get a response something like:
Firewall status:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Profile = Standard
Operational mode = Enable
Exception mode = Enable
Multicast/broadcast response mode = Enable
Notification mode = Enable
Group policy version = Windows Firewall
Remote admin mode = Enable
Ports currently open on all network interfaces:
Port Protocol Version Program
-------------------------------------------------------------------
135 TCP IPv4 (null)
137 UDP IPv4 (null)
139 TCP IPv4 (null)
138 UDP IPv4 (null)
445 TCP IPv4 (null)
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"oldcrock" <> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the reply.
> I have checked all you recommended. The XP64 computer does not see the XP
> computers and vice versa.
> I'll go through the setups again.
>
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:
>
>> Have you tried assigning a static ip address to each machine and try
>> browsing again? Also make there is no ip address conflict, all computers
>> are
>> part of the same workgroup with unique computer names. Can you see and
>> browse the Windows XP computers from XP Professional x64?
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>> "oldcrock" <> wrote in message
>> news:5FE0BBA1-8BDF-41BA-9630-...
>> >I have three computers on a home network using a router. One computer
>> >is
>> > running XP64, the others are running Win XPPro. When I set up my
>> > network
>> > the
>> > XPpro computers see each other but they do not see the XP64. The XP64
>> > does
>> > not see the other two. When I select "see workgroup computers" on the
>> > XP64
>> > there is a long pause and then I get an error message that I do not
>> > have
>> > access to that resource. I am logged on as Adminstrator when this
>> > happens.
>> >
>> > I set the network up as accessing the internet through a network hub.
>> > I
>> > can
>> > access the internet on all 3 computers.
>> >
>> > I've checked the firewall (AVG 7.1) and that doesn't seem to be the
>> > problem.
>> >
>> > Anyone else with this or similar problems.
>>
>>
>>
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