Re: <workgroup> is not accessible???

Hi David,

This should help you set it up.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm


Gary Kuznitz

> 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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