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Software / Networking 2 windows xp
« on: August 31, 2006, 12:30:29 PM »
I am trying to get a laptop and desktop (both xp) networked together. To begin with the laptop couldnt see the desktop at all, and the desktop could see the laptop, but when i tried to acess shared files I got the same error message as everybody else, so I tried this solution:
[quote name=\'matterdaddy.com\' post=\'12029\' date=\'Nov 14 2003, 05:18 PM\']1- Open dos prompt, type ipconfig -all.
2- Look at the 'Node Type' it probably says Peer-Peer or something (this is what mine said)
... we want it to say 'Hybrid'
3- Press 'Start' button > Run... > In the box type regedit. This opens your system's registry.
4- Navigate the tree to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/NetBT/Parameters
5- Rt. mouse click and select New > DWORD Value
6- Name it 'NodeType' (without the quotes)
7- Rt. mouse click on it and select Modify
8- Set Value Data to '8' (no quotes)
9- Leave Base alone. 'Hexadecimal' should be selected
10- Press 'ok'
11- Close regedit and reboot. (Your done!)
12- Open dos prompt and type ipconfig -all
For node type it should now say 'Hybrid'
13- Do this to the other computer that you cannot network. Your computers should be able to see one another.
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I do not know what 'Hybrid' is, but perhaps some of the network freaks might be able to explain. I have used this on two different occasions and it seems to be the only thing that works.[/quote]
Now, my desktop cant even see my laptop!! So i have gone a step backwards. Any advice on how to reverse this without wrecking my registry? (i'm jumpy about changing it in the first place, and this has proved me right)
thanks
[quote name=\'matterdaddy.com\' post=\'12029\' date=\'Nov 14 2003, 05:18 PM\']1- Open dos prompt, type ipconfig -all.
2- Look at the 'Node Type' it probably says Peer-Peer or something (this is what mine said)
... we want it to say 'Hybrid'
3- Press 'Start' button > Run... > In the box type regedit. This opens your system's registry.
4- Navigate the tree to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/NetBT/Parameters
5- Rt. mouse click and select New > DWORD Value
6- Name it 'NodeType' (without the quotes)
7- Rt. mouse click on it and select Modify
8- Set Value Data to '8' (no quotes)
9- Leave Base alone. 'Hexadecimal' should be selected
10- Press 'ok'
11- Close regedit and reboot. (Your done!)
12- Open dos prompt and type ipconfig -all
For node type it should now say 'Hybrid'
13- Do this to the other computer that you cannot network. Your computers should be able to see one another.
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I do not know what 'Hybrid' is, but perhaps some of the network freaks might be able to explain. I have used this on two different occasions and it seems to be the only thing that works.[/quote]
Now, my desktop cant even see my laptop!! So i have gone a step backwards. Any advice on how to reverse this without wrecking my registry? (i'm jumpy about changing it in the first place, and this has proved me right)
thanks