Re: How to reinstall over an old install

Harry Putnam wrote:

> Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> . . . [...] . . . . . Fix the Workgroup name and set up the firewall
>> properly. Create shares. Reboot all Windows machines. Go have a
>> drink. Come back and see what has happened.
>
> Sorry if I seem rather dense but not sure what you mean by
> `Fix the Workgroup name'. Can you spell it out a bit please?

1. I didn't unshare things on my network because that wasn't my issue.
You are having share issues, so I suggested you basically "start over",
including unsharing all previously made shares on all computers, not
just the troubled one. After all, I can't see your computers from here.
Nothing you've done so far with me or Chuck has helped. There's no way
for me to untangle this long distance, sight unseen. So untangle things
by starting over.

2. As for a Repair Install, here is a link explaining the whole thing:

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

3. When you run the Network Setup Wizard, it will rename your Workgroup
to the default MSHOME. If you have a differently named Workgroup,
change MSHOME to your preferred name at that stage in the Wizard.

Malke
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