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Computer Can't See Itself
After installing SP-2 on this WinXP Pro machine, I no longer see it listed in
My Network Places. I see my wife's computer, connected to a wireless router through her PCI wireless adapter, and I can read files from her computer, but she can no longer see my computer in her Network Places. My computer's NIC connects by cable to the wireless router, and the wireless router to my cable modem. My System Properties/Computer Name tab no longer shows anything in the Computer description field; before SP-2 it did. Moreover, I cannot input anything into that field as I could before, and pressing the Change button allows only for change of computer name or workgroup name. What I see listed for my wife's computer in My Network Places is not the computer name, but the computer description of her machine. I've turned off Windows Firewall on both computers and run the Network Setup Wizard several times on both computers without solving the problem. When running the wizard, I always input a Computer Description for my machine in the appropriate field, but it does not show in System Properties/Computer Name tab. I'd appreciate any other suggestions. Thank you. |
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Computer Can't See Itself
Never mind -- the problem is solved. I discovered that Black Viper's
recommendation that it is "safe" to disable the Server service in WinXP Services prevents a computer from being seen in My Network Places. When I restored Server service to "automatic," my computer was back to normal and the computer description was again clearly read in My System Properties/Computer Name tab. I am once again able to share files and printers with my wife's computer. "Gerry" wrote in message news After installing SP-2 on this WinXP Pro machine, I no longer see it listed in My Network Places. I see my wife's computer, connected to a wireless router through her PCI wireless adapter, and I can read files from her computer, but she can no longer see my computer in her Network Places. My computer's NIC connects by cable to the wireless router, and the wireless router to my cable modem. My System Properties/Computer Name tab no longer shows anything in the Computer description field; before SP-2 it did. Moreover, I cannot input anything into that field as I could before, and pressing the Change button allows only for change of computer name or workgroup name. What I see listed for my wife's computer in My Network Places is not the computer name, but the computer description of her machine. I've turned off Windows Firewall on both computers and run the Network Setup Wizard several times on both computers without solving the problem. When running the wizard, I always input a Computer Description for my machine in the appropriate field, but it does not show in System Properties/Computer Name tab. I'd appreciate any other suggestions. Thank you. |
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