Windows XP Home Edition Laptop Network Blues
da_head said:
Hey guys. A few days ago, i bought a new laptop and it came with Windows Xp home. My desktop has Windows Xp Pro. The two computers are currently sharing internet (router) and i wish to network them. Yesterday i tried to network but i was unsuccessful. I followed the windows wizard guide on how to establish a home/office network but it didn't work. I was hoping that you guys know any websites that have clearer instructions on how to establish a simple network (with file and printer sharing?) If you need any more info, please do not hestitate to ask. Thanks
P.S. If this isn't the right place to post this question, sry.
You're lucky, the wife got me one of these new laptops wi-fi, wide-screen 16:9 an etc with Windows XP Home Edition SP2, I rather have XP Pro got to wait 1 year by that time I'll have to get Windows Vista Premium. Anyway they way these new laptops are setup you have to create a new account if you already tried to setup and using the default one that uses your full name.
Example John Smith
Network: Workgroup
The best bet is to setup this pc as you would the other's on your network
Since there is no access group policy nor security policy you have to do it this way.
If you have other PCs as XP Pro and you;
login: da_head
password: xxxxx da_head
workgroup: da_head
You have to do the same thing for XP Home
There is a few free programs like an old copy of X-Setup, MS TweakUI XP you can change the Auto Login, but it might not change and go back to default.
So the best thing to do is create the a new account to match how you connect to all your PCs. As I've mentioned above.
Now I am able to browse, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Pro, Windows XP Pro Media Center 2005 boxes all on the Windows XP Home Edition Laptop.
Add printers and share folders and browse quickly...
You might also want to run the fix for TCPIP.sys which is set to 10Max connections to 50, if you find things slow on the internet and that can be found on
www.speedguide.net and a nice TCP tool called TCP Optimizer.