Windows XP and network file sharing

[Nigmafyre]

I have a Windows XP professional machine, and i am running it on my universities network. I can access the internet, and my roomates computer (he is runnin 2000, and has guest access on) but i cannot access any of the other workgroup computers that are in my workgroup. even those that i can access from anyone else's machine i cannot get to from mine. Nor for that matter, can they see my machine on the network. I believe that the file sharing that this network uses is based upon NetBeui. can anyone help, i have seraceh the net, and the knowledgebase, and these forums, and i have not found a good answer yet.

thanks people, you are my last hope

[Ron Prestenback]

The Internet Connection Firewall that is enabled by default will prevent file sharing via NetBIOS. You'll need to disable the firewall - get a real firewall if you need one (There were approximately 2-3 security patches released by Microsoft per week over the last couple of months for Windows 2000 - do you really trust them to make a hack-proof firewall?)

As for NetBEUI, it's not installable by default. If you check the relnotes.txt file on your XP CD, Microsoft explains how to install NetBEUI.

Ron

[Nigmafyre]

thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!! i got it now
~!! thankyouthankyouthnakyou!!!

[DocPC]

Legacy networking components
Support for the following legacy protocols is discontinued in Windows XP:

NetBEUI, a non-routable protocol
DLC, a non-routable protocol
AppleTalk, a protocol used with Apple computers
These protocols are replaced by equivalent functionality in the TCP/IP protocol suite

This is all I see in the notes refering to NetBEUI.

Did I miss something?

[DocPC]

AHHHH.....Found it here: E:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NET\NETBEUI