I do tech support at a small office – recently they had an the OS (XPsp2 home) re-installed. All is fine and dandy except that the computer doesn’t initially log onto the workgroup (no domains, just a workgroup). Thus I have to manually log on the user after each reboot to use anything from the app. server, or any other workstation (by selecting anthing in “my network places” and then logging on at the prompt).
The workstation is configured to join the workgroup (yes, I checked spelling etc.) but doesn’t seem to be able to. When I try to view computers in the workgroup, explorer freezes. I have changed the logon prompt to be like that of XP pro – entering a user name and password – but no luck there.
It should be noted that all users log on to their computers, not the network.
File and printer sharing is turned on.
Any ideas?