Re: Home LAN : XP Pro SP2 - passwords ? Master browser ?

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On Wed, 4 May 2005 20:06:56 +0200, "Pete" <no@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi Chuck,
>
>Here I am again ! I'm using Outpost Agnitum Pro firewall. I've stopped the
>firewall on my machine and have re-run the wizard and have re-enabled file
>and printer sharing. No joy. 1) The new laptop can still see all the my
>network places and can happily browse everyone's documents 2) The XP Pro
>desktop, and host (Agnes) can see only the new Dell in the workgroup but can
>see and browse the old laptop (Peter) in my network places and 3) the old
>laptop can see and browse everyone. I've just ran cdiag.cmd on the old
>laptop and all pings work. No error messages. There were no errors when I
>ran the network wizard. The browser service is still disabled on the new
>laptop. Should I enable it. ? Should I run the fixes you suggested in your
>earlier posts ?
>
>The answer is probably staring me in the face. What to do, a system restore
>and start from scratch ?
>
>Cheers
>
>Pete

Pete,

What happens if you create a shortcut in MNP to "\\D7285M1J\New Dell"?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308416/

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