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Can't access Win XP Pro

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by eroon

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Network consists of one segment, Win2K Server, clients Win95/98, and one WinXP Pro. Can login from XP, and can access all other computers on network. From other computers, can see XP, but error message saying "device does not exist on network" whenattempting to access it. Can ping all other computers from XP, but cannot ping XP from any other. Communication appears to be one-way. What's wrong?

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by ann777

Anyone who needs to access the WinXP computer, needs to be in that computers Users and Passwords list.

On the WinXP computer... go to Control Panel --> Users and Passwords and Add the logins/passwords of those other computers which need access to its shares.

by sfix

Check to make sure your Server service is running on the XP machine.

by hberkhoff

I think you've configured the firewall option on the network card (LAN Connection). To see if you do.. open the Network Connections and open the properties of the LAN Connector. Click on the Advanced tab, and see if the Internet Connection Firewall is enabled. Is so... look at the settings. The third tab is ICMP, here you can configure PING settings. The easiest way is to disable the firewall option and try communication again. Good luck

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