RE: VPN File Sharing

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From: Michael Johnston [MSFT] (michjohn_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 20:44:36 GMT

If you go to Start>Run type in \\machine\share where machine is the name of the Windows XP machine and share is the name of
the shared resource, it should open that resource. You don't necessarily have to be able to see the machine to access it. It's
best to start with the basics though. Make sure you can resolve the name of the XP machine to it's IP address. To do this, open
a command prompt and type pind machine where machine is the name of the XP box. If this doesn't work, try pinging the IP
address of the XP machine. This will establish if you have basic network connectivity to the Xp box.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support 

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