Re: How do you uninstall a network?
From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:25:45 -0700
In article <BqSdnQBnEImvOvTd4p2dnA@comcast.com>, "~Aart"
<bogus@nowhere.net> wrote:
>Hi,
>I have a d-link router installed for sharing internet between tower and
>laptop. Some friends came over and said I should have a real network and
>they proceeded to set one up. They did something on the tower, and
>something on the laptop. Of course, it didn't work.
>Now, under my network places, entire network, Microsoft windows networks, it
>shows two networks (I'm working on the laptop now), one says mshome and the
>other says Workgroup. If I click on the one that says Mshome, the system
>hangs. When I click on Workgroup, a drop down menu comes up with my laptop
>c drive on it, shard docs, printers and faxes, and scheduled tasks.
>
>I want to start over with the local network thing, but don't want to tangle
>up things any worse then they are now. I'm new to all this. I figure the
>best bet would be to uninstall whatever has been done on the tower and the
>laptop and then start over using the wizards.
>
>Which one should the network be created on? Should you set it up on the
>towered first, and then the laptop, or vice versa, or doesn't it matter?
>
>How do I erase the networking stuff that's been done without loosing my
>internet sharing which is working perfectly, finally, via wifi or cat 5?
>
>TIA
>
>Aart
I don't know what your friends meant when they said that you "should
have a real network", Aart, and it's hard to say what they did wrong.
I'd say that you had a real network before they came, and that they
broke it. :-)
The names that you see under "Microsoft Windows Networks" are
workgroup names. Your computer belongs to the workgroup named
"mshome". At some time in the past, it was connected to another
computer that belonged to the workgroup named "workgroup". If there
are no computers in that workgroup now, it will automatically go away
after a while.
Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on both computers. Tell it that they
connect to the Internet through a residential gateway (router), and
tell it to use the workgroup name "mshome". The Wizard will make all
the right settings:
XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networksetupwiz.htm
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