Page 2 - network problems in WinXP

If you are on a home network like I think rKayd is, then you'll be using a workgroup. If you have setup Windows 2000/2003 Servers with Active Directory, then you'll be using a domain.

so where is permission set to allow a computer onto the domain?

i have given it user access thru the remote desktop user group

Sorry, I have no idea what you are trying to do

This is really off topic and you'd be best to create a new topic yourself.

Anyway, once you've setup a domain with Windows 2000 or 2003 server, you need to open the System Applet and click the Computer name tab and there'll be an option to add to a domain. The remote desktop is something completely separate and is used to connect remotely to Windows XP Pro / 2003 Server computers.

I found out from a thread in another website (link provided in an above post) that for someone it worked to manually map to a network folder. I did that and it worked. That should be enough for what I need for now. I still can't access it through the network places but mostly just need it for transferring (backing up) files from my desktop to laptop.

This is done by adding your computer to the domain from the computer being added, its called join a domain, someone has to have permission to join the domain ie the admin on the server has permission. Each user added needs to ahve a user account in active directory (the domain). You can add computers in active directory so that machines can connect regardless of who the user is, the rights then go with the computer, most networks are not setup this way, but computers are added so that admin can administrate the computers from the active directory and use the domain policy to its fullest. I'm not sure what the original question was here , I didn't read the who thread, but anyway thats your answer for that question.

-DudeDomain

Well, OK as long as you can do what you want

If you ever want to get the network working completely, I'd check out those links posted above, especially the MS one.

have u shared your drives? if not try sharing them, I believe this will help.

I think he must have shared them if he was able to map them from the other computer (that is unless he was using the hidden root share).