My roommate and I each run Windows 2000. Our cable modem is connected to a Linksys router with a built-in four port switch, and each of our computers are connected to the switch. We share internet access just fine. Since we are both connected through the same router/switch, one would think we can network to each other. I assigned his computer the name ahaygood. I assigned mine crash. I put us both in the workgroup HOME. Upon reboot of both machines, I find that his computer can "see" the HOME workgroup and my computer, but can't access it, even though I have shared files and a shared printer. I can not see nor access his machine. My computer can see the HOME workgroup, but when I double-click it, it tells me the list of servers for this network is not available. Is his able to see mine because mine finishes booting faster, and consequently, I can't see him because he wasn't online at the time my computer logged itself in? In the end, file sharing is not a big deal. However, sharing the printer attached to my computer is. I've read the books, other posts here, and tried everything I know to do. My printer is shared, with full access to ahaygood. However, running a search for network printers from my roommate's computer results in a message stating that there are no printers on the network. How do I make both machines see each other and use each other's resources? Thanks in advance, CrasH spiritflame3@hotmail.com

Since you can share the internet I would assume you have TCP/IP installed as protocol. Make sure both boxes are in the same network with the same subnet mask. eg. 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0 After max 15 min. the second box must show up in the network neighborhood!

The problem is with user and machine accounts, not with the protocol. Each Win2K machine controls it resources through group accounts. The "Everyone" group doesn't mean everyone. It means "Everyone that has authenticated to me". There's a big difference there. What you need to do is create user accounts in each machine for your logged on user, assign him to the appropriate group (users as a minimum), and then you should be OK. Use caution that you don't both log on using the same userid, or they'll clash, and you still won't have any access. HTH, Chase