RE: file sharing nightmare

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From: john foster (johnfoster_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/21/04 

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 02:05:01 -0700

its running home ed mate and the laptop runs pro
when i try to connect to the printer it asks me to login to the guest
account and asks for a password, but you can't set a password for the guest
account, right?

"john foster" wrote:

> i have a desktop pc connected to a cable broadband service via a motorola
> surfboard 4200 ext modem.
> this is connected via a nic to a netgear en2005 hub to a laptop.
> i am trying to share the internet to the laptop and share files between the
> two.
> also i have a printer connected to the desktop, i want this shared as well.
> in the past this has run with no trouble at all.
> currently though after reinstalling on both machines. and going through the
> network setup wizard etc, all i get is trouble.
> the internet is shared to the laptop without any problems using ics.
> the desktop can view files from the laptop.
> but the printer is nowhere to be seen on the laptop
> also the laptop cannot view files from the desktop, although the machine
> shows up in 'view network computers' but nothing shows as being shared.
> the laptop has its ip configured by dhcp when i run the setup wizard.
> but when i run the setup wizard on the desktop it sets it to manually set ip
> settings.
> 192.168.0.1 --- 255.255.255.0 etc etc
> if i set it to automatic in the ip settings, it just says invalid ip address
> in the connection status and when i try to repair/ipconfig release and renew
> it just says unable to do so.
> i have had home and pro editions running, with and without sp2 on the
> desktop - and i still get the same problem.
> HEEEEEEEELP
> i am going crazy
>

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