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My WinXP machines cannot see LAN

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by kush

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My client recently bought 5 Compaq Presario 700 with XP preinstalled. I would like to put them on the LAN I set up a few months ago.

The problem is that when I use the Network wizard, the setup goes well, but I cannot see other PCs in the workgroup. I cannot see the XP machines from the other machines (Win95 and 98). The XP machines keep on trying to go on the internet when I click the View Workgroup link.

How can do it? Please help

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by brenenger

First, are you using XP Home or Professional. If you have Home,you should upgrade to Professional. You are just asking for alot of problems. It's not setup for a LAN. On professional, there are two places you need to go to. First setup your TCP/IP settings through the Network Properties. Then you need to go to System Properties and the Computer Name Tab. The you can join a domain through the Network Wizard.

Hope this Helps.

by kush

I am using XP Home Edition, which came preloaded on the Compaq laptop. Unfortunately, I do not have upgrade software for Professional

So there is nothing I can do about it?

by evillage

XP Home workgroup networking uses the NetBUEI protocol. TCP/IP is used only for Internet access on these computers. If you install NetBUEI on your other computers you may be able to network with them in the workgroup environment, although I think I've heard that it doesn't play with Win 95 at all...

Good Luck

Herb

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