[sweetcheekies]

hmm please put that in laymans terms lol sorry .,ping thing ... the name of the other computers are fitchy and butterfly

[sweetcheekies]

ok the ping thing lol im not understanding it.. and the xp computers names are fitchy and butterfly if thats what u mean

[sweetcheekies]

ok i did the ping thing on mine i can ping on my to my sons ip address.. and i can ping mine on his with sent =4 recieved =4 lost =0 on both as long as i did it right lol

[JohnWill]

Ping them by computer name, not by IP address. From fitchy you should ping butterfly and then reverse it from the other end.

Let's also see this for each of the computers.


Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[sweetcheekies]

Ok here are the results of the 3 machines.. the two xp's and mine.. sorry the computer files i named ally are the butterfly computer.. I am not having problems with the vista laptop finding me and me finding it. just the xp's

again my results show net bios disabled.. I dont know what keeps shutting it off..

Thank you for the help so far

[sweetcheekies]

sorry the ones from my daughters computer didnt load right last message here they are

[JohnWill]

Did you ever try enabling NETBIOS?


Enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP for Vista/Win7

1. Open the Network and Sharing Center.
2. In the right hand column, click on the network connection.
3. Select Properties
4. Make sure Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks are SELECTED.
   • Highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
   • Click Properties
   • Click Advanced
   • Select the WINS Tab Above
   • Make sure Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is SELECTED
5. Click OK and Close Network Connections Window.

[sweetcheekies]

yes i did that as u earlier said to do.. I read somewhere else that someone had the same problem after a reformat .. i reformatted a few weeks ago could this be the issue?

[JohnWill]

You've done the stack repair, and attempted to enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP, right?

If you still have no NETBIOS, let's look at this.

Check your Services are Started on all PCs:

• COM+ Event System (for WZC issues)
• Computer Browser
• DHCP Client
• DNS Client
• Network Connections
• Network Location Awareness
• Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
• Server
• TCP/IP Netbios helper
• Wireless Zero Configuration (XP wireless configurations only)
• WLAN AutoConfig (Vista wireless configurations only)
• Workstation

Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.

All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic (or perhaps manual).

If a service is not running, open it's properties and check the dependencies. Check each of the dependencies and see which one is preventing the service from running. Checking the event log is also a good idea here, there may be clues to what is failing.

[sweetcheekies]

they are all started and set to automatic.. the RPC has to one says locator.. should that be started as well.. its disabled right now..

[JohnWill]

RPC Locater does not need to be started, make it manual, not disabled. It only runs when required.

[sweetcheekies]

so what else can i try?

[sweetcheekies]

Ok i'm still trying to fix this can anyone help me? please its getting to be a real pain with 3 kids trying to print etc when I can't network