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Windows ME & networking problems
As a volunteer I run a peer to peer network where I've had no trouble in the
past with Win95, Win98, WinXp, Mac OSX, but Windows Me has be stumped. First and foremost, my most used Windows networking command is the NET family, particularly Net View & Net Use. On both 9x & Xp I can run it with ease from a DOS window, on Me I'm told it cannot be done! If I modify the shortcut for the DOS window to hide Windows, then on Me the Net command tells me the Workstation service is not running, do I want to start it. I respond yes, it says its started, and when I try the Net command again the same prompt! If I say yes again, then I get an error message saying duplicate workgroup or computer name on the network. All computers are in same network. All are using TCP/IP as well and get their IP addresses from a Router, including the Me computer. The Me machine gets an IP in the proper range and can easily use the internet connection that feeds into the Router & the network. I've set it up as close as I can to the 98 machines and my Xp laptop, but the Me machine is invisible to all other computers and it cannot see any of them as well. After searching through help I found that workstation and service are not in help on the machine at all. In addition I found a part of help that said that for Me to work in a network it must be THE server. That can't be, particularly since there is no true server in a peer to peer network and in this case because the Me machine is a laptop that is only there on occasion. Can anybody point me to a website specializing in networking Me to the rest of the world? My searched usually end up with suggestions about using the Net command which also doesn't work. I've ordered a copy of Windows Me Annoyances, and maybe that will help. |
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www.careyholzman.com/net1.htm
Carey wrote in message ... As a volunteer I run a peer to peer network where I've had no trouble in the past with Win95, Win98, WinXp, Mac OSX, but Windows Me has be stumped. First and foremost, my most used Windows networking command is the NET family, particularly Net View & Net Use. On both 9x & Xp I can run it with ease from a DOS window, on Me I'm told it cannot be done! If I modify the shortcut for the DOS window to hide Windows, then on Me the Net command tells me the Workstation service is not running, do I want to start it. I respond yes, it says its started, and when I try the Net command again the same prompt! If I say yes again, then I get an error message saying duplicate workgroup or computer name on the network. All computers are in same network. All are using TCP/IP as well and get their IP addresses from a Router, including the Me computer. The Me machine gets an IP in the proper range and can easily use the internet connection that feeds into the Router & the network. I've set it up as close as I can to the 98 machines and my Xp laptop, but the Me machine is invisible to all other computers and it cannot see any of them as well. After searching through help I found that workstation and service are not in help on the machine at all. In addition I found a part of help that said that for Me to work in a network it must be THE server. That can't be, particularly since there is no true server in a peer to peer network and in this case because the Me machine is a laptop that is only there on occasion. Can anybody point me to a website specializing in networking Me to the rest of the world? My searched usually end up with suggestions about using the Net command which also doesn't work. I've ordered a copy of Windows Me Annoyances, and maybe that will help. |
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You were correct in your opening statement about something wrong with my Me
machine. I installed Me on a clean partition on one of the spare computers to test, and there is zero problem networking or using the NET command. Final decision will depend on computer owner, but looks like if I can't guess at a way to find out an easy fix it will be simpler to start clean. Next thing I'll try is to remove the devices, protocals, etc., and then reinstall them to see if that fixes things. If not it is a clean start. Thanks to both responders to original message. On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 04:19:26 -0700, "Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote: |In article , |wrote: |As a volunteer I run a peer to peer network where I've had no trouble in the |past with Win95, Win98, WinXp, Mac OSX, but Windows Me has be stumped. | |First and foremost, my most used Windows networking command is the NET family, |particularly Net View & Net Use. On both 9x & Xp I can run it with ease from |a DOS window, on Me I'm told it cannot be done! | |Nothing personal, but something's wrong with your Me machine. The NET |family of commands works fine from a DOS window on my Me machines. | |Does it work if you do it this way? If not, what exactly happens? | |1. Click Start. |2. Type "command" in the window and click OK. |3. Type NET commands in the MS-DOS prompt window that opens up. | |Is there anything related to networking in autoexec.bat or config.sys? |There isn't on my Me machines. | |If I modify the shortcut for the DOS window to hide Windows, then on Me the |Net command tells me the Workstation service is not running, do I want to |start it. I respond yes, it says its started, and when I try the Net command |again the same prompt! If I say yes again, then I get an error message saying |duplicate workgroup or computer name on the network. | |I'm sorry, but I don't understand what shortcut you're modifying or |why you're hiding Windows. | |What happens if you type this command? | | net start workstation | |All computers are in same network. All are using TCP/IP as well and get their |IP addresses from a Router, including the Me computer. The Me machine |gets an IP in the proper range and can easily use the internet connection that |feeds into the Router & the network. I've set it up as close as I can to |the 98 machines and my Xp laptop, but the Me machine is invisible to all other |computers and it cannot see any of them as well. | |Make sure that: | |1. A firewall isn't blocking access. |2. TCP/IP is the only installed network protocol. |3. NetBIOS is bound to TCP/IP. |4. "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and printer sharing for |Microsoft Networks" are bound to TCP/IP. | |Can the Me machine ping itself and the other computers by IP address |and by computer name? Can the other machines ping the Me machine by |IP address and by name? | |After searching through help I found that workstation and service are not in |help on the machine at all. In addition I found a part of help that said |that for Me to work in a network it must be THE server. That can't be, |particularly since there is no true server in a peer to peer network and in |this case because the Me machine is a laptop that is only there on occasion. | |You're right: that's nonsense. What exactly says that Me must be THE |server? | |Can anybody point me to a website specializing in networking Me to the rest of |the world? My searched usually end up with suggestions about using the Net |command which also doesn't work. I've ordered a copy of Windows Me |Annoyances, and maybe that will help. |
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