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Cannot see XP machine in network neigh

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by rsears 1 view

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I have been in the process of adding several new WinXP Pro machines to my mixed mode domain and am experiencing some strange behavior; I cannot browse them in network neighborhood. There is a DNS record for them if I look in DNS Administrator. When I ping the machine by FQDN I get a response. Does anyone know why they will not show in network neighborhood?

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by pierrejamme

When you open "My computer" do mapped drives show up with red X's on them? I have experienced that and when you right mouse on it and say open it reconnects. I think XP has a problem staying connected.
Another goody that M$ gave us as a default is in the NIC, there is a Power Management option that defaults to "Save Power". Why in this world would you ever want your nic to go to sleep? Click on properties of the LAN and select configure on the NIC and uncheck this stupid idea.

by techsupportspecialist

Here's a checklist you may want to review.

-Make sure all computers are part of the same domain or workgroup.
-On the Windows 2000 and XP machines, make sure you add the users to that computer who will be accessing it remotely. This can be done under the control panel.
-Make sure the C drive is shared and that all users have permission to access it.
-Under network properties, make sure 'File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks' is installed and enabled.
-Make sure your NIC card is on, enabled, connected, and not asleep.

Good luck to you!

by cstop

Delete the user accounts from the domain, reinstall them, reboot(server, and client) and you may solve your problem. Same problem last week. Could ping server, and server could ping client, but mapped drives would not connect, and could not access listed clients from the server.Did the above and all is fine

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