Posted before thinking it was the router, but this was not the case, and wondered if anyone could help....
I have 2 systems running XP Pro. I did have a working network, for file sharing, but hav'nt used it
for file sharing for a while. 1 system is a desktop, the other a laptop. Both can access the internet fine,
with no issues. Tried accessing the printer from the laptop this week, and found all file sharing had failed!!
I have tried everything I can think of, uninstalled ZoneAlarm, checked the net guest account is active, Checked in the group
policy editor, that the guest account can access the network, and is not a member of the deny network access, although the guest account
is in the deny logon locally, but every time I disable this, the guest account itself becomes active.
Both PCs have static IPs, and both can ping the router, but not each other. The laptop is wireless to the router,
the desktop is connected via homeplugs to the router. The previous setup that worked, was both systems were wireless
but I have moved the desktop to the attic room, and wireless was a bit iffy. Occ I can connect to the laptop from
the desktop, mainly when the laptop is on, but no-one logged on. It seems that as soon as I login to the laptop
all filesharing and networking failed. Desktop is never accessable anymore. Same username and password
on both PCs. Even resorted to using the home networking wizard, to see if that would resert any iffy
network settings, but no joy. I am really stumped now, and unsure as to where to go next. It used to work with no setup needed
at all really. Can anyone offer advice.
