RE: <workgroup> is not accessible???

Is your workgroup on NetBIOS or TCP/IP?

It is hard to get NetBIOS running on XP.  Well not hard, but very
hidden.  

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Gibbs
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:00 PM
> To: pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PCTECH] <workgroup> is not accessible???
> 
> 
> This is driving me crazy ... I just upgraded my Win2K system to
XP Pro
> (almost exclusively so I can get remote desktop).
> 
> When I was using Win2K, I had a small workgroup setup and 
> working fine.
> Now that I have XP installed, I am getting the error 
> "<workgroup> is not
> accessible ...".
> 
> I have Netbios over TCP/IP enabled, the builtin firewall is 
> disabled, no
> other firewalling software is installed, and the workgroup
worked fine
> before.
> 
> I have reviewed the MS kb article
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318030, but nothing there 
> seems to apply.
> 
> My network consists of my XP pro system, my wife's Win2K
system, and a
> linux system running Samba. All in the same workgroup.
> 
> I AM able to map drives directly to other systems and access 
> them via a
> share. I just can't browse the workgroup.
> 
> Any suggestions on a next step for troubleshooting?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
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