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TheBlueRaja · 19-08-2005, 11:22

Unless you have admin rights on you XP Pro machine you wont be able to change the workgroup - the Workgroup should be the same on both machines.

Also, to ping, goto Start->Run and type cmd and hit return

in the box that pops up type.

ping 192.168.0.x

where x is the IP address of the connected machine, NOT the machine you are on.

If this works you should see responses.

19-08-2005, 11:22	#6
TheBlueRaja cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Baw deep in a munter Age: 49 Services: Initiations, rep rigging and orgies! Posts: 5,750	Re: need help networking a pc and laptop in order to share files... Unless you have admin rights on you XP Pro machine you wont be able to change the workgroup - the Workgroup should be the same on both machines. Also, to ping, goto Start->Run and type cmd and hit return in the box that pops up type. ping 192.168.0.x where x is the IP address of the connected machine, NOT the machine you are on. If this works you should see responses.