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Can't see W2K machine on network

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by eriki

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I have recently installed a new Windows 2000 client in our network, and found that the client can see all the network resources in Network Neighborhood but none of the other clients or servers can see it, yet when I ping the netbios name it works fine and it logs on to the domain fine also browses internet fine. I have run the network installation wizard again and also removed it from the PDC and reinstalled it. Has anybody had this problem or offer any suggestions? Thank You!

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by spunkmnky

If the other machines on your network are running win98 or other operating systemts then you'll have to share out a resource/folder on the w2k machine before it appears in network neighborhood. W2k shows everything automatically. Later

Mike

by eriki

This all started because I wanted to share the printer attached to the W2K computer. So I have the printer set up as a share and still nothing, do I need to set up a share folder?

by eriki

Found the solution, Simply needed to turn on file and print sharing. In Windows 95/98 if you do not have file and print sharing turned on you will not even get an option to share a printer that's how you know it is disabled, in Windows 2000 however you DO get an option to share a printer without knowing wheather file and print sharing in turned on.

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