Re: Problems setting up home wireless network
- From: Smiley188 <Smiley188@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:12:02 -0700
I have another problem - i think i accidentally deleted the administrator
account while going through the control user passwords2 step below. Now I
cannot install any programs.
A check of the Control Panel under "User Accounts" indicates there are no
users.
Any suggestions?
thanks
"Smiley188" wrote:
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Hi Steve
thanks so much for taking the time to reply.
I tried all the steps that you mentioned in your posting but still no luck.
More specific comments are interspersed with your suggestions.
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
Since you say that you have a wireless network, I assume that you have
a home broadband router.
Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on each computer. If the Wizard detects
the router's shared Internet connection, tell it to use that.
Otherwise, tell the Wizard that the computer connects to the Internet
through a residential gateway.
Tell the Wizard to enable File and Printer Sharing.
It isn't strictly necessary, but specifying the same workgroup name
on both computers makes accessing them over the network a little
easier.
Done All that!!
Configure any firewall program (e.g. Norton, McAfee, ZoneAlarm) to
allow access by other computers on the local area network. Note that
some antivirus programs (e.g. Norton Antivirus 2006, PC-cillin) have
firewall components that have to be configured.
Am using Windows as my Firewall
Network browsing through My Network Places is so unreliable that I
recommend not using it at all. To access shared folders on the other
computer, type the other computer's name in the Start > Run box in
this format:
\\computer
Done this - it worked for my desktop to notebook (i.e. desktop to access
notebook files) but did not work for notebook to desktop (ie notebook to
access desktop files). I had the error message - "No network path"
If there are "access denied" problems or prompts for a network
password, do this on each computer:
1. Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd)
2. Type this command to allow networked access:
net user guest /active:yes
Done this successfully
Remove any network password from the Guest account:
a. Click Start >Run.
b. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
c. Click Guest.
d. Click Reset Password.
e. Click OK without entering a new password.
All done but still cannot access desktop files from the notebook even though
both have the same network name. There seems to be a one-way connection and
not a two-way connection, i.e. I can share folders from the notebook to the
desktop but NOT from the desktop to the notebook.
Any other suggestions? Thanks again for your time
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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