Problem with xp pro connecting to xp for gaming

I have 2 xp sp2 home edition computers connected with one xp pro computer on
a LAN. I can ping all three from all three. I can access all files and run
programs. The only thing I can't do is get games (or my homeschoooling
program) to work accross the network. The 2 xp sp2 computers do work and join
the same game with zone alarms on and without. The xp pro can see the game or
home schooling service running but won't connect. The xp pro computer just
tells me it is 'unable to join game'.
I have turned 'on' guest accounts. I have made the user and passwords all
the same. I have tried both simple and classic file sharing. I have tried
running in safe mode after disabling all firewalls, still nothing. I have
disabled security policy features and enabled full access. I have spent hours
reading the posts on this page and trying everything, but I have gotten no
where. What am I missing?

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:53:27 -0700, timwaster
<timwaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have 2 xp sp2 home edition computers connected with one xp pro computer on
>a LAN. I can ping all three from all three. I can access all files and run
>programs. The only thing I can't do is get games (or my homeschoooling
>program) to work accross the network. The 2 xp sp2 computers do work and join
>the same game with zone alarms on and without. The xp pro can see the game or
>home schooling service running but won't connect. The xp pro computer just
>tells me it is 'unable to join game'.
>I have turned 'on' guest accounts. I have made the user and passwords all
>the same. I have tried both simple and classic file sharing. I have tried
>running in safe mode after disabling all firewalls, still nothing. I have
>disabled security policy features and enabled full access. I have spent hours
>reading the posts on this page and trying everything, but I have gotten no
>where. What am I missing?

Try uninstalling the firewall because disabling it isn't enough if it
has its knickers in a twist.


Jim.

"James Egan" wrote:

>
> On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:53:27 -0700, timwaster
> <timwaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I have 2 xp sp2 home edition computers connected with one xp pro computer on
> >a LAN. I can ping all three from all three. I can access all files and run
> >programs. The only thing I can't do is get games (or my homeschoooling
> >program) to work accross the network. The 2 xp sp2 computers do work and join
> >the same game with zone alarms on and without. The xp pro can see the game or
> >home schooling service running but won't connect. The xp pro computer just
> >tells me it is 'unable to join game'.
> >I have turned 'on' guest accounts. I have made the user and passwords all
> >the same. I have tried both simple and classic file sharing. I have tried
> >running in safe mode after disabling all firewalls, still nothing. I have
> >disabled security policy features and enabled full access. I have spent hours
> >reading the posts on this page and trying everything, but I have gotten no
> >where. What am I missing?
>
> Try uninstalling the firewall because disabling it isn't enough if it
> has its knickers in a twist.
>
>
> Jim.
>
> The only anti-virus progam is zone alrams which is on one of the 2 xp sp2 home edition computers. The xp pro computer only has windows firewall. Is their some way to do more than disable that?

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 06:36:01 -0700, timwaster
<timwaster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>The xp pro computer only has windows firewall. Is their some way to do more than disable that?


No. I thought you were running zonealarm which sometimes need
uninstalling.


Jim.