How you can connect 2000 to XP?

Answer 1

I am not an expert in IT but here is what I have done when networking the 2000 and XP.

Hardware The most obvious is the hardware requirement. A network card on each machine and a CAT5 cross-over cable to link both machines up.

Assumption: No domain has been setup but only the workgroup.

Software configuration Under XP Professional, you need to run the Network wizard. By following the dialogs and a XP setup disc, the wizard will complete in no time at all. There are a few selection on how you would like the configuration for your network. I think the issue is whether you also want internet sharing as well. Yet this is another matter.

A network bridge would be setup automatically. You can check this by going to Control panel, Network and Internet Connections and Network Connections. Open the Network bridge properties and you would see a setup for Local Area Connection. Goto the bottom dialog and select TCP/IP then click the Properties button.

Select use the following IP address, then do the following: IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0 Then OK to leave all the settings.

Under 2000 professional, the most important is the same computer workgroup name as the XP machine. Goto Network and Dial-up Connections. double click on "Make New Connection", select the last point and follow the rest of the instruction. You need to select "Obtain an IP address automatically" under TCP/IP properties and "Obtain DNS server address automatically".

Just to remind you that "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" should also been installed on both machines.

Now the setup is more or less completed.

On both machines, open up a command prompt window and do the following:

1. Type in "IPconfig /all" to check the IP address of the both machines. The XP machine should have

Connection-specific DNS Suffix: <none> Description: <your hardware network card name> DHCP Enabled: No IP address: 192.168.0.1 Subnet: 255.255.255.0. Default Gateway: <none>

The 2000 machine should have

Connection-specific DNS Suffix: mshome.net Description: <your hardware network card name> DHCP Enabled: Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes IP address of 192.168.0.100 (for example) Subnet: 255.255.255.0. Default gateway: 192.168.0.1 DHCP Server: 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers: 192.168.0.1

Then use the Ping command on both machine to check the network is working. The last thing to check is that a network icon is active (ie. flashing) at the right hand bottom of the task bar.

Remember if you want to share you files and folders on your XP machine, remember to place them in Share document folder. Then your 2000 machine can map the drive to see and work on the files.

Sorry a bit long but I suppose it is worth it. Because I am no expert on this subject, there must be a better way than mine and I would love learn from other readers.

Answer 2

You can't install XP "into" Windows 2000. You can, however, install XP over it, thereby reformatting the disk and erasing Win2K. You can also set up a dual-boot setup and have both operating systems on one machine. You must meet system requirements for each operating sytem. The easiest way I know to do this is get a copy of Partition Magic, I think Symantec owns it now. It comes with Boot Magic, which makes setting up a dual boot system as easy as it can be. There are other ways that more knowledgeable people might know.