Re: After MCE 2005 upgrade, I can't access shares on my MCE

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From: Michel Bordeleau [MCE-MVP] (Michel.mcemvp_at_googlemail.com)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 21:12:50 -0500

Hi,

 It's probably SP2... you might want to check that the Windows Firewall
enables file and printer sharing. 

-- 
Michel Bordeleau
MS-MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition
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"Sean" <seanpur@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>From my laptop, I used to be able to access folder shares my MCE machine via 
UNC path (\\homepcname) or via IP address (\\192.168.0.0)
But after upgrading from MCE 2004 to MCE 2005, neither of these work 
anymore.  I get the error:  "The network path was not found"
Here's what's weird though:  I can still access the MCE machine via Remote 
Desktop just fine, both via UNC path and via IP address(!)
(Could this be related to changes in XP SP2 that are included in the MCE 
2005 upgrade?  I'm guessing something in IP security might have changed that 
didn't affect Remote Desktop.)
Any help in getting this to work would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
-Sean

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