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Bob Warasila

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Mayer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] network sharing


> You might want to try "Network Magic" to set up and maintain your LAN. 
> www.networkmagic.com
>
> I have been using it for a couple of years and have avoided a lot of 
> frustration.
>
> Tom Mayer
>
> Russ Cox wrote:
>> We have three computers on a peer to peer LAN.  All are running Win XP 
>> Home.  Spybot and Avast are installed.  The only firewalls are the Win 
>> firewalls. Each computer has two shared folders with full rights.  Until 
>> recently, each computer could see and access the shared folders on the 
>> other computers.
>> A few days ago, computer A could no longer connect to the LAN.  I checked 
>> the NIC, connected to a different port on the hub, and changed the 
>> ethernet cable with no success.  I set up the network connection on A 
>> again, still no luck.
>> So I restored the computer to an earlier date and was able to connect to 
>> the LAN. But now, computer A can see one of the two shared folders on B, 
>> but not the second folder even with the Win firewall turned off..  A 
>> cannot see either of the shared folders on C. I turned sharing off and on 
>> again on, no change.. B can see the shared folders on A but cannot open 
>> them (access denied). B and C can see and access folders on each others 
>> computer. C does not see the shared folders on A.  So A seems to be the 
>> problem.
>> Any suggestions on how to get computer A to work properly on the LAN?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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