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Ok, I'll try to make this as short as possible. I have two towers and one laptop that I am trying to network. One tower is running xp pro, the other two are vista ultimate. The vista ones network fine with each other. Node type is broadcast on both. Xp on the other hand node type-unknown. Everything I've read about changing this directs me to a key that is not there.

eg:Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\ww>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tlc-tower
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-CC-2F-5C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.189.122.26
68.116.46.115
68.116.46.70
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, May 22, 2009 9:38:30 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, May 22, 2009 10:38:30 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\ww>

I go here in the registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\NetBT\Parameters
I'm not sure how to copy the values for you to see. But, none of them are the ones that instructions direct me to look for.
I hope this is enough info. Thanks, ww