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hello and thanks in advance for reading this. I have a laptop wirelessly networked to my desk top which is acting as the server. From the laptop I can click on network places and see all the desktop's network places, and transfer files TO the desktop just fine, but I can't do the reverse. The laptop is running XP home SP1. The desktop is running Windows 2000 Professional SP4. When I click network places on the desktop and then click on either the "computers near me (shows none)" or on the workgroup I get the error msg: "{workgroup} is not accessible. The server is not configured for transactions". I can't even see the desktop's own network places unless I first "search" for the desktop's computer name - which locations I can then access. I can search and find my laptop, but can't find any network places on it even though it has several. My TCP/IP connection is configured identically on both machines. Here's what I get when I check the IPCONFIG:::

Windows 2000 IP Configuration



    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : desk
    Primary DNS Suffix  . . . . . . . : 
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast

    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : domain.actdsltmp

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



    Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : domain.actdsltmp
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-B0-D0-E6-A7-4A

    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5

    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
                                        205.171.3.65
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 27, 2006 16:42:30

    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, May 28, 2006 16:42:30

Any clue how to begin troubleshoot this? It's worked before but something has become corrupted/changed. Thanks, Jerry Brown

Edited by TrustyTony because: fixed formatting
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