Re: PC disappears from Network Neighborhood

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From: John (john262_at_earthling.net)
Date: 02/28/05


Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:16:34 -0800

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:42:58 -0800, John <john262@earthling.net>
wrote:

Bump.

Doesn't anyone know the answer to this question? Not even an MS-VIP?

>The problem is that sometimes the icon for the XP computer disappears
>from Network Neighborhood. The icon for the Win2k PC is always there.
>I can't see the XP icon in NN on either computer. If there is a
>shortcut to a shared folder on the XP computer I can still connect to
>it even though the icon for the entire PC is missing.



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