Hi all, I have just added a winxp machine to an existing network with no internet access. I am unabale to see all the other computers on my network when looking for them by name. if i do a search with a computers ip address on my network it is able to see it. In other words how would i have to go about setting up xp so it can see all the computers in my network places. By the way all other machines are win2000. any help would be greatly appreciated

They all need to belong to the same workgroup and have IP addresses which are on the same subnet. If you don't have a DHCP server, you need to add the ip address manually. The XP computer needs to have the firewall feature turned off. Have you enabled File and Print sharing?

That is what i don t understand,they all belong to the same workgroup,they are all have an ip address on the same subnet,the address has been added,and file and print sharing is checked,and the firewall is unchecked. but as i said if i search with another machines address i m able to connect tho the machine it,s just that i don't see them in my network place :-(

The problem seems to be a DNS issue. If you are able to see the other machines via IP address but not via their name, then your machine is probably not registered with your DNS server, which i assume you are running if you have a 2000 server as your domain controller. Make sure that there is an alias entry in your DNS server for the XP machine. If DDNS (dynamic DNS) was enabled, it would have registered a DNS name when it first requested an IP address for the DHCP server, but it obviously has not done so (you may have static addresses?) but anyways, just add an alias entry in your DNS server for the XP machine (know its name and IP address) and it should solve the problem. Hope this helps, Jason http://www.digital-horizons.net

add them to WINS or a host file.