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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