I have 2 computers and i have run the netwiz on both of them but when i go tomy network places they still can't see each other. also when In my net places when i click on view workgroup computers it says "home (my workgroup) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource..." I have the same work group on both computers and i can't see them. They both are using xp, i also have a 4 port router.
Can anyone help me?

also can you show me how to make and map a network drive? Can i have my c drives on both computer be a network drive?

you can map a drive by a *.bat file (which i prefer) or you can map a drive in explorer by pressing tools --> map network drive) when you do this in explorer, after a bootup, he will slow down you machine, by showing it, but not accessing it directly.

if you want to do it in a *.bat file.

type: " net use z: \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx /persitent:no" without the quotes and put this in your startup folder. in this way, everytime you bootup, he will reconnect again, so u are sure it is accessible all time. don't forget to share you c: drive on the other machine. if you use passwords, be sure you mention them in the *.batfile aswell ( not so save, bute better then nothing....

hope this helps
zz.

With Win XP you need to have identical Usernames and password on each computer you want to access vis the network. You have designated shared folders/drives as well?

I have a suspision here that you are getting confused between a Network Drive and a Shared Drive.

A network drive allows you to see other drive/folder on the Network via a designated Drive letter instead of using Network Neighbourhood. Networke drives in XP start at Z and work backwards. A shared Drive allows other people on the network to see your files

No need to use a Bat file to map a network drive on startup, in fact with WinXP, it probably wont work anyway.

When you map a Network drive from Windows Explorer you get the option to reconnect at login. Click it and it will connect automatically.

Stuart

I've napped a network drive before and can not recommend doing it for the home PC network. Sure it works and I've even had people from Kazaa downloading from it but you aren't going to be able to do much else with the PC and if you boot up and that resource isn't available then it will act like it's hanged. For the home user Explore will let you get anything you'd need from any computer so why would you want the extra overhead on your system. I think it is just there for corporate use where they use dedicated servers that are up all the time.

So back to the orginal problem here...
I have to assume that you had a working system and this is not a new install and that only one PC went down and you can get on the Internet with the other one.

1)Download this file from here...

http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe

(the source is from our good friends at...
http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm...the page it's on)

2)On the computer that has no internet access; Force a valid network address like the usual...Specify an IP address...192.168.0.X and a mask if you need it 255.255.255.0 and get the intranet working and copy that file (WinsockXPFix.exe....1.3Mb) over and execute it on the PC. It should fix your problem it even puts it back to...Obtain an IP address automatically.

From the source it says:
Winsock repair utilities written by others

I want to add that it should be in everyones first aid kit...just imagine if you only had one PC in the house!

There some very good reasons for mapping a network drive. If you are accessing a remote database on a network, doing it via UNC names will cause problems. UNC names do not return information on disk space. A mapped network drive does. some database applications will not let you access a remote database through anything but a mapped netwrok drive for the reasons stated above. It does not interfere with the workings of the rest of the computer.

If the recourse is not avalable when the computer boots you will get a message to that effect and a request to reconnect at the next log on or ignore it in future. It does not casue the system to hang.

Stuart

that's the reason that i use a bat file instead of doing it from explorer. if u do reconect at logon, he will take a time to check it, even if it's not accessible.

with a bat file, he will not show it until the bat file has restored the connection.

it is just away of working to improve the speed a little bit

regards
ZZ

Another question: wireless network home setup, using a wireless access point router w/ 4 point switch. I can connect all to the internet. The laptop can see the desktop, but won;t connect to it. What am i doing wrong??