Re: Network Trouble...Please Help

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Seems like you have f/w problem , disable it if it switched on , any case
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Arkady

"Quatro64" <Quatro64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have a desktop and a laptop. Both are equiped with wireless g network
> cards and for a while I had them connected through an ad Hoc connection.
>
> Something recently happened that has caused problems, whether it was
> something else or a mistake of my own, but now it does not work.
>
> Symptoms:
>
> The computer will connect to the network, but I cannot get the computers
> to
> read their respectively shared files. I can click on the "View workgroup
> computers" tab and see my laptop. However, when I try to access the laptop
> from the desktop, a warning pops up that says:
> \\(laptop name) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
> this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
> out
> if you have access permissions. The network path was not found.
>
> So I try to access the desktop from the laptop and I do not see the
> desktop
> icon at all. So I try the "View workgroup computers" and a warning
> message
> pops up that says:
> Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> network
> resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
> have
> access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
> currently
> available.
>
> I've followed the Microsoft Troubleshoot page that I really thought would
> solve the problem. I went into the Advanced TCP/IP Settings and enabled
> the
> NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab in the wireless and the Local Area
> Connection (just in case).
>
> I then followed the instructions and went to Computer Management where I
> started the Browser. The service status is currently at "Started."
>
> Of course I have run the Network wizard and the wireless network wizard,
> but
> maybe I'm doing something wrong. File sharing and printer sharing have
> been
> turned on in both computers.
>
> Can anyone help me?
>
> Quatro64


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