Computers won't see one another over Lan?

Question

I just got a new laptop, and Im trying 2 transfer over a lot of my files from my PC. I connected both my desktop and laptop to the router and made sure they had the same workgroup, but they will not detect one another. What is wrong ? (the OS is Windows XP)

Answer 1

Try making sure firewalls are disabled, they can sometimes cause failure to see other network PC's. Also, you may want to make sure that you have shared the folder (or entire hard drive) by right clicking on the drive/folder and selecting SHARING.

Also, if you are running XP on both PC's, its sometimes a lot easier to make sure you have created a user account with the same exact name and password that you had on the primary PC, otherwise you may have to do a start / run and type in \\COMPUTERNAME and then hit ENTER and then be prompted for the username password (which you can input there also).

Answer 2

Do this on both computers.

Go to the Control Panel
Click Classic View
Click Network Connections
Right click Local Area Connection and click properties.
Make sure File and print Sharing for Microsoft Networks is checked.
Click OK and reboot.

After reboot
GO to the Control Panel
Click Windows Firewall
Click the Exceptions tab
Make sure File and Printer Sharing is checked

Answer 3

Make sure you have the correct folders being shared otherwise the laptop won't see them. Also, if the laptop is complaining it has no connectivity then check the IP address and get the desktop to connect directly to it. Alternatively try reseting the router.

Answer 4

u must configurate the network settings.
the easiest way to do so is.

open > network connections
on the lef t look for (set up home or small office network)
a wizard would run, u must go through it(real easy) make sure u turn on files and primter sharing

do the same thing to the other pc, and tadda it is suppose to work

Answer 5

Make sure file/print sharing is enabled.
If you want access to everything on the machine, right click the Hard Drive(s) in My Computer, select sharing and tell it to share on the network...allow users to change files if desired.

Answer 6

haha, xp does suck at networking. Make sure they connected to the network without any "limited connectivity" then on your desktop make sure your hard drives are shared. then on the laptop go to start/run and type "\\Desktop conputer name"
my computer is called artillarybox so i would do \\artillarybox

Answer 7

You answered it yourself=(the OS is Windows XP)

Answer 8

Change the IP adress and defaulth gateway on computer and laptop. For example your computer adress 192.168.0.1, default gateway 192.168.0.2 (your laptop IP adress).

Answer 9

You need to make sure that you have set sharing on your computer/hard drive.