Re: Networking Blues, can someone make sense of this?

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"LouisG" <imnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I.can@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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> >
> > "LouisG" <imnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> >> My kid wanted to watch some movies on her computer upstairs from my
> >> computer through our home network.
> >>
> >> The movies were a little off synch on her computer so i decided to
> >> try uninstalling her video card which is a fairly old one and try her
> >> onboard video which is more up to date.
> >>
> >> After uninstalling the card and hooking up the monitor to the on
> >> board vid ,, i lost all connection to the network ,,, and have not
> >> been able to get it back.
> >>
> >> I've tried everything ,, re-sharing my folders ,, running the network
> >> wizard etc but to no avail.
> >>
> >> She's able to access the 'net through the network ,, but not access
> >> any computers on it.
> >>
> >> I can't see her computer on the network from my computer ,, but i can
> >> see her sister's computer.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions for me to try that maybe i've overlooked. I've even
> >> tried
> > a
> >> repair of Windows thinking that maybe i screwed a file up or
> >> something.
> >>
> >> Any help is greatly appreciated ,, i don't think i can stand sitting
> >> through another Gilmore Girls episode from my computer.
> >>
> >> Thanks ,, Gord
> >
> > Wizards are a wonderful thing, same as all these automated things
> > you've got in your car, but if the engine refuses to start when you
> > turn the key then it's time to look under the bonnet. This is exactly
> > what's needed here. Do this on each PC:
> >
> > - Click Start / Run
> > - Type cmd {OK}
> > - Type these commands verbatim:
> > echo PC=%ComputerName% User=%UserName% >c:\test.txt {Enter}
> > net user >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
> > net share >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
> > ipconfig /all >> c:\test.txt {Enter}
> > notepad c:\test.txt {Enter}
> > - Paste the contents of c:\test.txt from each PC into your reply.
> >
> > Use a floppy disk if necessary to carry the file from one PC
> > to the other.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Okay here they are Pegasus
>
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>
> Hope you can make sense of this

Yes, I can, it tells me lots of things about your setup. You have three PCs:
- Gordo
- SARAH-R57754A9N
- Jenn

In your origninal post you mentioned that you were unable to reach
some machines from some of the other machines. There is now a
need to be more specific: Which machine can you reach from which
machine, and which ones can't you reach?


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