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XP / Vista networking
I have recently installed a fresh version of XP Pro on my PC. Since then I
have problems with my network with a Vista Home Premium laptop. Previously I have had no problem with networking both machines which are connected by ethernet cable I can access the vista files and transfer to and from the PC but if I try to access the PC from the laptop I get the error message; Windows cannot access \\PC1 “Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose” Clicking diagnose brings up the message: “Windows did not find any problems with this computers network connection.” I can access the internet from the laptop using the PC’s connection, and the PC appears on the network map and in windows explorer on the laptop. I have tried removing the Firewall and antivirus on both machines, and various registry alterations as suggest for this error on numerous other forum without success. Fortunately I can manage with just the connection from the PC but it would be nice to have things working both ways. Does anyone have a solution that works? |
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HenryF wrote:
I have recently installed a fresh version of XP Pro on my PC. Since then I have problems with my network with a Vista Home Premium laptop. Previously I have had no problem with networking both machines which are connected by ethernet cable I can access the vista files and transfer to and from the PC but if I try to access the PC from the laptop I get the error message; Windows cannot access \\PC1 ?Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose? Clicking diagnose brings up the message: ?Windows did not find any problems with this computers network connection.? I can access the internet from the laptop using the PC?s connection, and the PC appears on the network map and in windows explorer on the laptop. I have tried removing the Firewall and antivirus on both machines, and various registry alterations as suggest for this error on numerous other forum without success. Fortunately I can manage with just the connection from the PC but it would be nice to have things working both ways. Does anyone have a solution that works? Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your sharing. Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files and folders: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx 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: XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Vista - Start OrbSearch boxtype: netplwiz [enter] Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null). 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. See the first link above for details about Vista sharing. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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HenryF wrote:
I have recently installed a fresh version of XP Pro on my PC. Since then I have problems with my network with a Vista Home Premium laptop. Previously I have had no problem with networking both machines which are connected by ethernet cable I can access the vista files and transfer to and from the PC but if I try to access the PC from the laptop I get the error message; Windows cannot access \\PC1 ?Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose? Clicking diagnose brings up the message: ?Windows did not find any problems with this computers network connection.? I can access the internet from the laptop using the PC?s connection, and the PC appears on the network map and in windows explorer on the laptop. I have tried removing the Firewall and antivirus on both machines, and various registry alterations as suggest for this error on numerous other forum without success. Fortunately I can manage with just the connection from the PC but it would be nice to have things working both ways. Does anyone have a solution that works? Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your sharing. Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files and folders: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx 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: XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Vista - Start OrbSearch boxtype: netplwiz [enter] Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null). 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. See the first link above for details about Vista sharing. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without
success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: I have recently installed a fresh version of XP Pro on my PC. Since then I have problems with my network with a Vista Home Premium laptop. Previously I have had no problem with networking both machines which are connected by ethernet cable I can access the vista files and transfer to and from the PC but if I try to access the PC from the laptop I get the error message; Windows cannot access \\PC1 ?Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose? Clicking diagnose brings up the message: ?Windows did not find any problems with this computers network connection.? I can access the internet from the laptop using the PC?s connection, and the PC appears on the network map and in windows explorer on the laptop. I have tried removing the Firewall and antivirus on both machines, and various registry alterations as suggest for this error on numerous other forum without success. Fortunately I can manage with just the connection from the PC but it would be nice to have things working both ways. Does anyone have a solution that works? Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your sharing. Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files and folders: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx 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: XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Vista - Start OrbSearch boxtype: netplwiz [enter] Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null). 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. See the first link above for details about Vista sharing. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: I have recently installed a fresh version of XP Pro on my PC. Since then I have problems with my network with a Vista Home Premium laptop. Previously I have had no problem with networking both machines which are connected by ethernet cable I can access the vista files and transfer to and from the PC but if I try to access the PC from the laptop I get the error message; Windows cannot access \\PC1 ?Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose? Clicking diagnose brings up the message: ?Windows did not find any problems with this computers network connection.? I can access the internet from the laptop using the PC?s connection, and the PC appears on the network map and in windows explorer on the laptop. I have tried removing the Firewall and antivirus on both machines, and various registry alterations as suggest for this error on numerous other forum without success. Fortunately I can manage with just the connection from the PC but it would be nice to have things working both ways. Does anyone have a solution that works? Here are general network troubleshooting steps. Not everything may be applicable to your situation, so just take the bits that are. It may look daunting, but if you follow the steps at the links and suggestions below systematically and calmly, you will have no difficulty in setting up your sharing. Excellent, thorough, yet easy to understand article about File/Printer Sharing in Vista. Includes details about sharing printers as well as files and folders: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx 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: XP - Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm Vista - Start OrbSearch boxtype: netplwiz [enter] Click on Continue (or supply an administrator's password) when prompted by UAC Uncheck the option "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Select a user account to automatically log on by clicking on the desired account to highlight it and then hit OK. Enter the correct password for that user account (if there is one) when prompted. Leave it blank if there is no password (null). 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. See the first link above for details about Vista sharing. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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HenryF wrote:
Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. Got the same usernames/passwords on? Double-check the names. It is common for end users to rename the generic "Owner" user account on a preinstalled OEM box to their own name. Of course networking will fail because the real user account name is "Owner", not"Henry" or whatever. Configured your firewalls instead of turning them off? Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Turned off Simple File Sharing on the XP Pro box? Get any error messages? If yes, please quote them exactly. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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HenryF wrote:
Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. Got the same usernames/passwords on? Double-check the names. It is common for end users to rename the generic "Owner" user account on a preinstalled OEM box to their own name. Of course networking will fail because the real user account name is "Owner", not"Henry" or whatever. Configured your firewalls instead of turning them off? Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Turned off Simple File Sharing on the XP Pro box? Get any error messages? If yes, please quote them exactly. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Network Error
Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. Got the same usernames/passwords on? Double-check the names. It is common for end users to rename the generic "Owner" user account on a preinstalled OEM box to their own name. Of course networking will fail because the real user account name is "Owner", not"Henry" or whatever. Configured your firewalls instead of turning them off? Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Turned off Simple File Sharing on the XP Pro box? Get any error messages? If yes, please quote them exactly. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: Thank you for quick response. I have been through all you suggest without success. One thing I did not mention. The shared internet connection and printer sharing both work from the Vista laptop. ust cannot open the folder tree in explorer or access files. Got the same usernames/passwords on? Double-check the names. It is common for end users to rename the generic "Owner" user account on a preinstalled OEM box to their own name. Of course networking will fail because the real user account name is "Owner", not"Henry" or whatever. Configured your firewalls instead of turning them off? Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Turned off Simple File Sharing on the XP Pro box? Get any error messages? If yes, please quote them exactly. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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HenryF wrote:
Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied Repeat: Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Do this from the Security tab (right-click the shared resourceSecurity). Repeat: Double-check the user account names/passwords. Typos happen. Repeat: Disable Simple File Sharing on XP Pro/MCE boxen. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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HenryF wrote:
Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied Repeat: Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Do this from the Security tab (right-click the shared resourceSecurity). Repeat: Double-check the user account names/passwords. Typos happen. Repeat: Disable Simple File Sharing on XP Pro/MCE boxen. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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=?Utf-8?B?SGVucnlG?= wrote in
: Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied From the laptop, try bringing up a command prompt window and enter the command: nbtstat -a PC1 If there's no response, look to one of the following: o File and Printer Sharing not loaded/enabled on PC1 o A firewall on PC1 is blocking communication. o (unlikely): PC1 is a P-Type (Peer-to-Peer) Node (ipconfig /all to determine) Otherwise, look toward Malke's suggestions. HTH, John |
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=?Utf-8?B?SGVucnlG?= wrote in
: Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied From the laptop, try bringing up a command prompt window and enter the command: nbtstat -a PC1 If there's no response, look to one of the following: o File and Printer Sharing not loaded/enabled on PC1 o A firewall on PC1 is blocking communication. o (unlikely): PC1 is a P-Type (Peer-to-Peer) Node (ipconfig /all to determine) Otherwise, look toward Malke's suggestions. HTH, John |
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Double checked allas you suggest. Still same problem.
I can ping both machines, connect the laptop to internet and print from thr rlaptop through the network.I can also see the PC ion the laptop but cannot open any files. I wll be away from the PC till Sunday and will try further checks then. Many thanks so far "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied Repeat: Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Do this from the Security tab (right-click the shared resourceSecurity). Repeat: Double-check the user account names/passwords. Typos happen. Repeat: Disable Simple File Sharing on XP Pro/MCE boxen. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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Double checked allas you suggest. Still same problem.
I can ping both machines, connect the laptop to internet and print from thr rlaptop through the network.I can also see the PC ion the laptop but cannot open any files. I wll be away from the PC till Sunday and will try further checks then. Many thanks so far "Malke" wrote: HenryF wrote: Network Error Windows cannot access \\PC1 Check the spelling of the name. Otherwise there might be a problem with your network. To try to identify and resolve network problems, click Diagnose Error Code 0x80070005 Access is denied Repeat: Got sharing for Everyone allowed on the desired resources? Do this from the Security tab (right-click the shared resourceSecurity). Repeat: Double-check the user account names/passwords. Typos happen. Repeat: Disable Simple File Sharing on XP Pro/MCE boxen. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ |
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