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setting up w2k as a workgroup

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by aboachie

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I have set a workgroup with three computers, all have w2k pro. I cant browse the network, When I went to my network places and computers near me i cant see any of the computer, sometimes I get an error message like the device is using by another program, any help on how to set a workgroup in w2k pro?
thanks ale

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by mike

Check that the computers are all members of the same workgroup (system properties - computer name - workgroup) If you do not have a dhcp server, configure each pc's network card. In properties of your network adapter, assign each card an ip address in the same range. i.e. 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3, with all three address's have the same subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
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by maelgwyn

Turn off browser in the registry (as this can stop the conflicts and speed it up a bit)

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