Re: Sharing Files problems between 2 XP systems

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From: Brian (Maddydoggy_at_msn.com)
Date: 06/25/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:00:41 -0700

Thanks for the reply,

Both systems are NTFS for definate but you mention simple
file sharing.

Do you have any ideas on how to check for that option?

Thanks

Brian

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi brian
>
>> What I can't grasp is at home I have 3 systems (an XP,
ME
>> and '98) all networked together using the same RJ45
cable,
>> the same network settings but with a Hub and I can share
>> any file I like with any system.
>
>Ive read that if the drive is partitioned using NTFS and
simple file sharing
>is enabled then you can't share these folders.
>Check the "working" xp machine and see if that one's
using FAT rather than
>NTFS.
>
>> Secondly, if I try to set the network up to share one
>> Internet connection (dial up), not only does the
computer
>> with the connection continually try to dial in but I
loose
>> any file sharing options I had. I have tried to tell
the
>
>Do you mean that the pc continually tries to dial out?
Using ipconfig /all
>or winipcfg, make sure that each pc is only attempting to
contact the
>gateway IP address for DNS services. Check each pc for
individual auto
>updates on various pieces of software. Run a network
monitor/logger to check
>what fires off the connection and where it's trying to
connect to, there
>should be some freeware out there to do this.
>
>> systems to not auto sync with the Internet clocks but it
>> makes no difference. I ended up changing the network
back
>> to not sharing an Internet connection to stop this. Any
>> ideas on that one?
>Nope, sorry
>
>
>.
>

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