Re: home networking problem

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From: Carey Holzman (carey_at_careyholzman.com)
Date: 01/22/05 

Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 04:24:10 -0700

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Carey

"JanAdam" <JanAdam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have two computers A (running W2K pro) and B (Win XP pro) connected with
> each other and the internet via wired DLink router. Both A and B belong to
> a
> workgroup HOME. There are several user profiles, under the same names on
> both
> boxes. All drives, printers, etc are shared.
>
> Until a few days ago, everything was working just fine. Then, for whatever
> reason, I can access B from A no problem. However, if I try to access a
> file
> on A from B, a dialog box pops up asking for an User ID and a password.
> When
> I check things up I see that the workgroup name on B was changed from HOME
> to
> MSHOME. I can ping both computers both ways, access files from B on A,
> share
> printer etc. but I cannot access files on A from B. Both computer connect
> to
> the outside without problems. Using Windows Explorer on B I can see the
> drives on A, but when I click on the drive letter the computer asks for a
> password.
>
> Any comment/hint etc will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks, JanAdam
>
> --
> JanAdam

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