Networking w/ XP Home

[jenna2891]

before i kill someone (probably bill gates), can anyone help me with this problem?

we just hired a new employee. just a few months ago, he had bought himself a new laptop. instead of us buying him a separate work computer, he's going to use the laptop both places. the laptop, however, has xp home, not pro. this has proved to be a huge bitch when i've tried to set up his laptop to the network.

basically, here's the random facts about what i've done thus far. let me know if there is something glaringly obvious that i'm missing:

• the workgroup name is the same as the other networked computers
• the firewall is disabled
• the computer connects to the internet through the LAN, and is assigned an IP address
• from the laptop, i can ping my computer, but when i try to ping my computer name, it doesn't work
• from my computer, i cannot ping the laptop (although pinging other computers and their names worked; i checked)
• all computers are using the same file and printer sharing protocol (TCP/IP)
• any additional protocols have been un-bound on all computers
• when prompted, i sacrificed a small puppy to the microsoft gods

that's all i can think of at the moment. i know we could just upgrade the damn thing to xp pro, but if we give microsoft more money as a reward for making their products so crappy, well... the terrorists win.

anyone who can solve this problem for me gets $5. i'm serious about that, btw. i will mail you $5 if you help me.

 

[Ryanwb]

A quick fix but a stupid one is to add this computer's hostname and IP address to everyone's HOST file located at:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

He'll be able to communicate.

You can't get mad at Microsoft, it's his fault for buying HOME edition

 

[Ryanwb]

Another follow up question I have is..... Is "File and Printer Sharing installed in the TCP/IP menu?"

 

[Ryanwb]

Another thing to try is this:

Go into Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Double click on ‘restrictanonymous’ and change the Value Data
from 1 to 0

reboot

 

[Linderbee]

Does anyone ever wonder (besides me) if the advice Ryan is giving will completely disable your computer & then turn it into some kind of robot killing machine? He tells us to do stuff, and I, for one, blindly follow having no clue what the heck I'm really doing. I think he knows this & is plotting for the day he can destroy us all and then no one will ever come close to his post count for all of eternity.

 

[Treefiddy]

You can't get mad at Microsoft, it's his fault for buying HOME edition

If I remember correctly, you can't even set a static IP address in Home edition. The problem with the laptop not being able to ping your computer names (but can with the IP Address) means that it's not registering with the DNS server. Since it's on your network, and since I think you have a small network, it's probably built into your router. I'm not entirely sure how to fix this issue because I never actually work on XP Home, but what Ryan said about the hosts file is definately worth a shot.

Editing the host file will cause the computer to act as the DNS server for that specific IP Address.

Format is:

IPAddress {tab} hostname

Most anti-spyware products will use the host file to disable certain websites. Some people even use this to block banner ads.

Example: Let's say you want to block your computer from ever accessing 192.168.1.5. You'd add it into your hostfile like this:

192.168.1.5     localhost

This will just cause your computer to loopback any requests to 192.168.1.5 to itself. Never hitting the network.

 

[jenna2891]

thanks guys. he wasn't in today, but i'll try it out tomorrow.

 

[Ryanwb]

thanks guys. he wasn't in today, but i'll try it out tomorrow.

The juice is running on that 5 bucks

 

[SirStefan32]

Buy XP pro and take the money out of his paycheck, with 20% "idiot" interest.

 

[jenna2891]

Buy XP pro and take the money out of his paycheck, with 20% "idiot" interest.

it's not his fault. when he bought it, he thought it was just going to be his personal pc. i can understand not wanting to pay up for xp pro when you didn't think you'd need it.

 

[Gee!]

Does anyone ever wonder (besides me) if the advice Ryan is giving will completely disable your computer & then turn it into some kind of robot killing machine? He tells us to do stuff, and I, for one, blindly follow having no clue what the heck I'm really doing. I think he knows this & is plotting for the day he can destroy us all and then no one will ever come close to his post count for all of eternity.

Having you been hanging out with these guys lately?

You must be registered for see images

 

[Linderbee]

Having you been hanging out with these guys lately?

You must be registered for see images

I wish.

 

[SirStefan32]

Does anyone ever wonder (besides me) if the advice Ryan is giving will completely disable your computer & then turn it into some kind of robot killing machine? He tells us to do stuff, and I, for one, blindly follow having no clue what the heck I'm really doing. I think he knows this & is plotting for the day he can destroy us all and then no one will ever come close to his post count for all of eternity.

Now that you mention it, I did tell somebody to run rm -rf / once, and he did it, LOL It was the funniest thing ever. Every directory- GONE

 

[Linderbee]

Now that you mention it, I did tell somebody to run rm -rf / once, and he did it, LOL It was the funniest thing ever. Every directory- GONE

yeah, see...I have no idea what "rm -rf /" is...

Ryan's power scares me...

(I know better than to trust you, SS32...)

 

[UncleChris]

Just buy XP pro and be done with it. You can find it on the net for less than $140.

 

[jenna2891]

update: i ended up putting xp pro on his computer, but that still didn't work. i added the ip to the host file, and then it worked.

ryan, if you want that $5, i'll send it to you. even though i had to get xp pro, your fix helped when pro wasn't working.

 

[Gee!]

update: i ended up putting xp pro on his computer, but that still didn't work. i added the ip to the host file, and then it worked.

ryan, if you want that $5, i'll send it to you. even though i had to get xp pro, your fix helped when pro wasn't working.

now if you could just behave and not post png files.. We'd all be grateful..

 

[Ryanwb]

ryan, if you want that $5, i'll send it to you. even though i had to get xp pro, your fix helped when pro wasn't working.

you can make a $5 donation to a charity of your choice in my name

 

[jenna2891]

now if you could just behave and not post png files.. We'd all be grateful..

you got it.

 

[nathan]

you can make a $5 donation to a charity of your choice in my name

Is this code for "I don't want to give jenna my address because I'm afraid she'll stalk me"?

 

[jenna2891]

Is this code for "I don't want to give jenna my address because I'm afraid she'll stalk me"?

he already gave it to me when he asked to be invited to my wedding.