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  • HELP! (Win XP problem)

    I have a laptop on XP Home and a desktop on XP Pro. They both connect to a wireless router. They're on the same subnet, same workgroup name, same subnet and mask. They can always ping each other, but...

    I can't map shares using the GUI. In fact, I can't even see the other box on this network in the GUI "map network drive" window, even though I can ping it by hostname. The workgroup names are the same. I can map the drive using the net command with no problem, but that's a pain in the ass. When I open the map window, the network shows up with nothing on it but the workgroup name, not even my local machine...sometimes. Sometimes I get only my machine, sometimes the other machine but with the shares missing. Connecting as a priv user doesn't help. Of course I've double-checked it all and rebooted. Here is what worked:

    C:\Documents and Settings\morella.TOWELIE.000>net use Z: \\render2\D
    The password or user name is invalid for \\render2\D.
    Enter the user name for 'render2': morella
    Enter the password for render2:
    The command completed successfully.

    At the time this worked, nothing showed up in the GUI, not even my own machine. Is Windows just fucked, or can this be fixed?

    -denise

  • #2
    Fuck It

    I just made a Batfile, Robin. A shortcut on the desktop maps all of my drives at once. It's actually easier, but I hate shit that doesn't work the way it's supposed to.

    And I will kill the first person who mentions putting shit in the registry.

    -denise

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    • #3
      I have a wired desktop and wireless laptop, and i've also had problems with them seeing each other on the workgroup. I don't know what the fix is though.

      Sorry I have nothing to contribute

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      • #4
        Windows is just crap. Here is my .bat file, which you can make with notepad and run from your desktop.

        net use Z: \\render2\D mypassword
        net use X: \\render2\F mypassword

        D and F are the sharenames. I have trouble remembering shit, so I make it simple.

        VMS and UNIX have a GUI now. I never touch it.

        -denise

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