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Tech-Archive recommends: Fix windows errors by optimizing your registry

anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:28:46 -0700

Make sure the two computers are on the same subnet. Also,
since you're probably trying to use Windows networking,
put the two in the same workgroup.

>-----Original Message-----
>Please some one help. My lap top running XP home can not
>see the files on my PC running Win98 second edition. The
>connection between the two is there, the computers are
>talking but will not let me in on it. The lap top help
>said to run FASTWiz on my PC but the PC will not let me
>run the program. peter
>.
>

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