Networking Windows XP Professional

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I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have done many
times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive I cannot get the
thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also tried manually configuring
IP addresses. The master PC shows it connected - (hard wired cross over
cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave shows 400 Mbps!!

Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other on the
network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an "unreachable"
message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned off on both machines.
Can anyone please advise as to what might be wrong and how to correct it
please?
Thanks in anticipation

 

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Tony S wrote:
> I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have
> done many times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive
> I cannot get the thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also
> tried manually configuring IP addresses. The master PC shows it
> connected - (hard wired cross over cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave
> shows 400 Mbps!!
>
> Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other
> on the network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an
> "unreachable" message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned
> off on both machines. Can anyone please advise as to what might be
> wrong and how to correct it please?
> Thanks in anticipation

Simple or Advanced networking?
Usernames/passwords match on the PCs?

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Simple I assume. Just the two PCs on a home network. Neither has any user
names or passwords on the PCs as I live alone and don't need different
accounts or password protection on computers.
Any other ideas gratefully accepted
Tony S

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

> Tony S wrote:
> > I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have
> > done many times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive
> > I cannot get the thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also
> > tried manually configuring IP addresses. The master PC shows it
> > connected - (hard wired cross over cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave
> > shows 400 Mbps!!
> >
> > Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other
> > on the network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an
> > "unreachable" message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned
> > off on both machines. Can anyone please advise as to what might be
> > wrong and how to correct it please?
> > Thanks in anticipation
>
> Simple or Advanced networking?
> Usernames/passwords match on the PCs?
>
> --
> Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP
> --
> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>
>
>

 

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They do have usernames and passwords. They are just configured to auto log
in. Go to the control panel>user accounts and give yourself a password. Do
the same for the other pc. Make them the same. Passwords cannot be blank.
Reboot then login, once sharing is working then reconfigure your system to
auto login. Start>run>type in CONTROL USERPASSWORDS2, press enter.

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"Tony S" <TonyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A363071-AD2F-4146-970B-BADD47DE5BEF@microsoft.com...
> Simple I assume. Just the two PCs on a home network. Neither has any user
> names or passwords on the PCs as I live alone and don't need different
> accounts or password protection on computers.
> Any other ideas gratefully accepted
> Tony S
>
> "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
>
>> Tony S wrote:
>> > I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have
>> > done many times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive
>> > I cannot get the thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also
>> > tried manually configuring IP addresses. The master PC shows it
>> > connected - (hard wired cross over cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave
>> > shows 400 Mbps!!
>> >
>> > Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other
>> > on the network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an
>> > "unreachable" message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned
>> > off on both machines. Can anyone please advise as to what might be
>> > wrong and how to correct it please?
>> > Thanks in anticipation
>>
>> Simple or Advanced networking?
>> Usernames/passwords match on the PCs?
>>
>> --
>> Shenan Stanley
>> MS-MVP
>> --
>> How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
>> http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
>>
>>
>>

 

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Have you tried another network adapter(s)?
Maybe there's something wrong with it/them.

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Regards,
Yao Su
http://blog.mvpcn.net/suyao


"Tony S" <TonyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4AB73FFE-A3F1-48F2-8F82-4EFCDB8F995F@microsoft.com...
>I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have done
>many
> times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive I cannot get
> the
> thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also tried manually
> configuring
> IP addresses. The master PC shows it connected - (hard wired cross over
> cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave shows 400 Mbps!!
>
> Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other on
> the
> network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an
> "unreachable"
> message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned off on both machines.
> Can anyone please advise as to what might be wrong and how to correct it
> please?
> Thanks in anticipation

 

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Many thanks to all who advised me. I'll try all of the suggestions. Thanks you
Tony S

"Yao Su" wrote:

> Have you tried another network adapter(s)?
> Maybe there's something wrong with it/them.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Yao Su
> http://blog.mvpcn.net/suyao
>
>
> "Tony S" <TonyS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4AB73FFE-A3F1-48F2-8F82-4EFCDB8F995F@microsoft.com...
> >I have two PCs which I networked using the wizard, a process I have done
> >many
> > times before sucessfully. Having reformatted one hard drive I cannot get
> > the
> > thing working again. I tried the wizard and I also tried manually
> > configuring
> > IP addresses. The master PC shows it connected - (hard wired cross over
> > cable) - at 100 Mbps and the slave shows 400 Mbps!!
> >
> > Although the PCs are obviously connected they cannot "see" each other on
> > the
> > network. I tried pinging the master from the slave and got an
> > "unreachable"
> > message. I have tried this with the firewalls turned off on both machines.
> > Can anyone please advise as to what might be wrong and how to correct it
> > please?
> > Thanks in anticipation
>
>
>