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Can't Access Device on LAN
I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but
when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Any ideas? |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or
blank password? -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Ron" wrote in message ... I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Any ideas? |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or
blank password? -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Ron" wrote in message ... I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Any ideas? |
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No they do not necessarily have the same password.
They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Ron" wrote in message ... I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Any ideas? |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
No they do not necessarily have the same password.
They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? -- Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "Ron" wrote in message ... I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Any ideas? |
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Ron wrote:
No they do not necessarily have the same password. They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
Ron wrote:
No they do not necessarily have the same password. They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help.
All computers already have a login & password. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. "Malke" wrote: Ron wrote: No they do not necessarily have the same password. They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Can't Access Device on LAN
I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help.
All computers already have a login & password. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. "Malke" wrote: Ron wrote: No they do not necessarily have the same password. They do not necessarily have the same sign on but they do have Admin authority. I also verified Guest account was activated and restictananymous was set to 0 in regedit. I also checked enable netbios over tcp/ip in lan properties. "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote: Assuming all devices use admin account, do they use the same password or blank password? I have a XP desktop on my LAN. All other devices on the LAN can see it but when they try to open it, we receive message "Device Name is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact Admin to check permissions. Network Path not found." The device is signed in with ADMIN and all devices trying to access it have ADMIN authority. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Ron wrote:
I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help. All computers already have a login & password. Matching? You told Robert that the passwords didn't match. Example: Box 1 has Susan, password 1234 Box 2 has Susan, password 5678 Susan on Box 1 will not be able to access shares on Box 2. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. It tells us that you don't have your user accounts set up properly, and/or your shares set up with the right permissions, and/or your firewall is misconfigured. Troubleshoot systematically. Here is my full "boilerplate" about that. Take the bits you need. If you still can't figure it out, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent network troubleshooter he http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm ===== For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see caveat in Item A below). Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. ===== Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Ron wrote:
I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help. All computers already have a login & password. Matching? You told Robert that the passwords didn't match. Example: Box 1 has Susan, password 1234 Box 2 has Susan, password 5678 Susan on Box 1 will not be able to access shares on Box 2. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. It tells us that you don't have your user accounts set up properly, and/or your shares set up with the right permissions, and/or your firewall is misconfigured. Troubleshoot systematically. Here is my full "boilerplate" about that. Take the bits you need. If you still can't figure it out, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent network troubleshooter he http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm ===== For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see caveat in Item A below). Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. ===== Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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What I meant was passwords did not match and user name did not match but they
all had ADMIN authority. I turned off firewall completely on the problem XP machine. Now I can access the machine. But when I try to add its printer to a laptop, I can now see the printer but when I try to add, I get message 'Windows cannot connect to printer. Access Denied'. I moved the printer to shared docs but it did not help. "Malke" wrote: Ron wrote: I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help. All computers already have a login & password. Matching? You told Robert that the passwords didn't match. Example: Box 1 has Susan, password 1234 Box 2 has Susan, password 5678 Susan on Box 1 will not be able to access shares on Box 2. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. It tells us that you don't have your user accounts set up properly, and/or your shares set up with the right permissions, and/or your firewall is misconfigured. Troubleshoot systematically. Here is my full "boilerplate" about that. Take the bits you need. If you still can't figure it out, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent network troubleshooter he http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm ===== For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see caveat in Item A below). Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. ===== Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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What I meant was passwords did not match and user name did not match but they
all had ADMIN authority. I turned off firewall completely on the problem XP machine. Now I can access the machine. But when I try to add its printer to a laptop, I can now see the printer but when I try to add, I get message 'Windows cannot connect to printer. Access Denied'. I moved the printer to shared docs but it did not help. "Malke" wrote: Ron wrote: I turned off Simple File Sharing but it didn't help. All computers already have a login & password. Matching? You told Robert that the passwords didn't match. Example: Box 1 has Susan, password 1234 Box 2 has Susan, password 5678 Susan on Box 1 will not be able to access shares on Box 2. I don't know if this tells us anything but the Problem XP box can see and access all other devices on the network. The other devices just can't acces it. It tells us that you don't have your user accounts set up properly, and/or your shares set up with the right permissions, and/or your firewall is misconfigured. Troubleshoot systematically. Here is my full "boilerplate" about that. Take the bits you need. If you still can't figure it out, MVP Hans-Georg Michna has an excellent network troubleshooter he http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm ===== For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see caveat in Item A below). Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including a stateful firewall in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating system does not permit it. A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN) traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus/security program with its own firewall component, then you're fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your correct subnet. Refer to any third party security program's Help or user forums for how to properly configure its firewall. Do not run more than one firewall. DO NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY. B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab. C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista: Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off Simple File Sharing (Folder OptionsView tab). E. Create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users' home directories or Program Files, but you can share folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the Shared Documents folder. ===== Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Ron wrote:
What I meant was passwords did not match and user name did not match but they all had ADMIN authority. It doesn't matter whether their user accounts are Computer Administrators. They need to match and they need to exist on the machine hosting the shared resources. I turned off firewall completely on the problem XP machine. Now I can access the machine. This means that in addition to the possible problem with the user accounts, your firewall is misconfigured and/or you are inadvertently running two firewalls on that machine. But when I try to add its printer to a laptop, I can now see the printer but when I try to add, I get message 'Windows cannot connect to printer. Access Denied'. Already answered. I moved the printer to shared docs but it did not help. As expected. Please either go through the detailed troubleshooting I already gave you or take the time to go through Hans-Georg's troubleshooter. The alternative is to have a competent local computer tech come on-site and do the things listed in my troubleshooter for you. I really don't have anything to add to what I've already told you. Since you apparently don't want to follow any of the advice that would give you a completely working network, EOT for me. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Ron wrote:
What I meant was passwords did not match and user name did not match but they all had ADMIN authority. It doesn't matter whether their user accounts are Computer Administrators. They need to match and they need to exist on the machine hosting the shared resources. I turned off firewall completely on the problem XP machine. Now I can access the machine. This means that in addition to the possible problem with the user accounts, your firewall is misconfigured and/or you are inadvertently running two firewalls on that machine. But when I try to add its printer to a laptop, I can now see the printer but when I try to add, I get message 'Windows cannot connect to printer. Access Denied'. Already answered. I moved the printer to shared docs but it did not help. As expected. Please either go through the detailed troubleshooting I already gave you or take the time to go through Hans-Georg's troubleshooter. The alternative is to have a competent local computer tech come on-site and do the things listed in my troubleshooter for you. I really don't have anything to add to what I've already told you. Since you apparently don't want to follow any of the advice that would give you a completely working network, EOT for me. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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